If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

Quote by Clarence Darrow

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The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is...

The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is...

None meet life honestly and few heroically.

None meet life honestly and few heroically.

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what...

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what...

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

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

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are...

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are...

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd...

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd...

The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence...

The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence...

Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.

Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend,...

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend,...

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what...

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what...

You can only be free if I am free.

You can only be free if I am free.

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak...

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak...

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact...

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact...

No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help...

No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help...

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man...

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man...

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the...

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the...

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

If you have to kill a snake, kill it once and for all

If you have to kill a snake, kill it once and for all

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...