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The trouble with law is lawyers.

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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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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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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The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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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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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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