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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.
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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Punishment as punishment is not admissible unless the offender has had the freewill to select his course.
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The efforts of the medical profession in the US to control:...its...job it proposes to monopolize. It has been carrying on a vigorous campaign all over the country against new methods and schools of healing because it wants the business...I have watched this medical profession for a long time and it bears watching.
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The nation that would to-day disarm its soldiers and turn its people to the paths of peace would accomplish more to its building up than by all the war taxes wrong from its hostile and unwilling serfs
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Cheating, having 'hoes,' none of that is cute. To be honest, it's really immature. I don't see how people take pride in breaking someone's heart. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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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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Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
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No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism.
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Everything serious that he says is a joke and everything humorous that he says is dead serious.
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Every thought of pity is like the balm of Gilead to our souls.
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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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Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
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Thirteen states with a population less than that of New York State alone can prevent repeal [of prohibition] until Halley's comet returns. One might as well talk about a summer vacation on Mars.
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The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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