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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
Clarence Darrow
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Clarence Darrow
Age: 80 †
Born: 1857
Born: April 18
Died: 1938
Died: March 13
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Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals.
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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.
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The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog - to wiggle along as far as he can without dying or, to hang to life until death takes him.
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I cannot tell and I shall never know how many words of mine might have given birth to cruelty in place of love and kindness and charity.
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In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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