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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.

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
Spot
Spots
Unless
Anyone
Lying
Need
Needs

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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.
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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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Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals.
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I am pleading for the future I am pleading for a time when hatred and cruelty will not control the hearts of men. When we can learn by, reason and judgment and understanding and faith that all life is worth saving, and that mercy is the highest attribute of man.
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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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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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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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Justice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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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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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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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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I am simply an agnostic. I haven't yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don't know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.
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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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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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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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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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