257 Quotes by Clarence Darrow

The consideration and kindness shown by unfortunates to each other are surprising to those who have no experience with this class of men. Often to find real sympathy you must go to those who know what misery means.

Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.

The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.

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

The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.

If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.

One believes in the truthfulness of a man because of his long experience with the man, and because the man has always told a consistent story. But no man has told so consistent a story as nature.

Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.

The purpose of life is to live it.