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The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.

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
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.
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There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
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To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence of its truth
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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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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It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.
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Do you think you can cure the hatreds and the maladjustments of the world by hanging them? You simply show your ignorance and your hate when you say it. You may here and there cure hatred with love and understanding, but you can only add fuel to the flames by cruelty and hate.
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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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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