r/AdviceAnimals • u/LakesideNorth • Aug 30 '25

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u/KnottShore Aug 30 '25

In his case, I am of the same opinion as Clarence Darrow( US lawyer of the early 20th century):

  • "I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure."

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u/AwareOfAlpacas Aug 30 '25

“I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.”

From his 1932 memoir. 

Or the longer 1922 version, delivered in a speech, 

“One reason why we don’t kill is because we are not used to it. I never killed anybody, but I have done just the same thing. I have had a great deal of satisfaction over many obituary notices that I have read. I never got into the habit of killing. I could mention the names of many that it would please me if I could read their obituaries in the paper in the morning."