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No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism.

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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Criticism
Iconoclast
Severest
Possibly

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Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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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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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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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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