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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.

Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Darrow
Age: 80 †
Born: 1857
Born: April 18
Died: 1938
Died: March 13
Lawyer
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Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
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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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The purpose of life is to live it.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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Every government on earth is the personification of violence and force, and yet the doctine of non-resistance is as old as human thought - even more than this, the instinct is as old as life upon the earth.
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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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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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The law is a horrible business.
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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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A jury is more apt to be unbiased and independent than a court, but they very seldom stand up against strong public clamor. Judges naturally believe the defendant is guilty.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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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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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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Justice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.
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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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We are turning our prisons into living tombs, inhabited by doomed men living in everlasting blank despair.
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There is a soul of truth in error there is a soul of good in evil.
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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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I had a vivid imagination. Not only could I put myself in the other person's place, but I could not avoid doing so. My sympathies always went out to the weak, the suffering, and the poor. Realizing their sorrows I tried to relieve them in order that I myself might be relieved.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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