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> [Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business, and, besides, could not be done. The line between honesty and dishonesty is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/some-false-representations-contravene-the-law-some-do-not-the-law/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

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## More by Clarence Darrow

> [We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/we-know-life-is-futile-a-man-who-considers-that-his-life-is-of-very/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [Great wealth often curses all who touch it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/great-wealth-often-curses-all-who-touch-it/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [Punishment as punishment is not admissible unless the offender has had the free will to select his course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/punishment-as-punishment-is-not-admissible-unless-the-offender-has/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [“One of the bravest, grandest champions of human liberty the world has ever seen. {Darrow on the great Robert Ingersoll }”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/one-of-the-bravest-grandest-champions-of-human-liberty-the-world-has/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [I cannot tell and I shall never know how many words of mine might have given birth to cruelty in place of love and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/i-cannot-tell-and-i-shall-never-know-how-many-words-of-mine-might/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [“As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/as-long-as-the-world-shall-last-there-will-be-wrongs-and-if-no-man/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/i-have-never-killed-a-man-but-i-have-read-many-obituaries-with-great/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/lost-causes-are-the-only-ones-worth-fighting-for/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [One believes in the truthfulness of a man because of his long experience with the man, and because the man has always told a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/one-believes-in-the-truthfulness-of-a-man-because-of-his-long/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/physical-deformity-calls-forth-our-charity-but-the-infinite/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/men-have-always-been-obliged-to-fight-to-preserve-liberty/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [“ Robert G. Ingersoll was a great man. a wonderful intellect, a great soul of matchless courage, one of the great men of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/robert-g-ingersoll-was-a-great-man-a-wonderful-intellect-a-great-soul/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [Everybody is a potential murderer. I've never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/everybody-is-a-potential-murderer-i-ve-never-killed-anyone-but-i/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/the-first-half-of-our-lives-are-ruined-by-our-parents-and-the-second/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

> [If there is a soul, what is it, and where did it come from, and where does it go? Can anyone who is guided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/if-there-is-a-soul-what-is-it-and-where-did-it-come-from-and-where/)

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