History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
CLARENCE DARROWI do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.
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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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Those who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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The law is a horrible business.
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Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
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