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Men

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.

- Clarence Darrow

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Men

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.

- Clarence Darrow

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.

- Clarence Darrow

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.

- Clarence Darrow

Causes Worth

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

- Clarence Darrow

We are born and we die; and between these two most important events in our lives more or less time elapses which we have to waste somehow or other. In the end it does not seem to matter much whether we have done so in making money, or practicing law, or reading or playing, or in any other way, as long as we felt we were deriving a maximum of happiness out of our doings.

- Clarence Darrow

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.

- Clarence Darrow

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