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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Darrow
Age: 80 †
Born: 1857
Born: April 18
Died: 1938
Died: March 13
Lawyer
Writer
Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
Attitude
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Inspirational
Innovation
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Laughter
Think
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Thinking
Laughing
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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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We're all killers at heart . . . . I have never taken anybody's life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
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