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The purpose of life is to live it.

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
Purpose
Live
Life

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There is a soul of truth in error there is a soul of good in evil.
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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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Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.
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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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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
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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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The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.
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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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The law is a horrible business.
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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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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
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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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