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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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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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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If a man really has charge of his destiny at all, he should have something to say about getting born and I only came through by a hair's-breadth. What had I to do with this momentous first step? In the language of the lawyer, I was not even a party of the second part.
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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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Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.
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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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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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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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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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Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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Every thought of pity is like the balm of Gilead to our souls.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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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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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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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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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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Everyone is the heir to all that has gone before his structure and emotional life is fixed, and no two children of nature have the same heredity. I believe everyone should and must live out what is in him. So no two lives can be the same.
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