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Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.
Robert G. Ingersoll
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Robert G. Ingersoll
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Robert G. Ingersoll
An honest God is the noblest work of man.
Robert G. Ingersoll
Few rich men own their own property. The property owns them.
Robert G. Ingersoll
Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
Robert G. Ingersoll
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
Robert G. Ingersoll
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
Robert G. Ingersoll
Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.
Robert G. Ingersoll
In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.
Robert G. Ingersoll
Courage without conscience is a wild beast.
Robert G. Ingersoll
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
Robert G. Ingersoll
... the hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
Robert G. Ingersoll
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
Robert G. Ingersoll
Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.
Robert G. Ingersoll
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
Robert G. Ingersoll
In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.
Robert G. Ingersoll
So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.
Robert G. Ingersoll
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane.
Robert G. Ingersoll
A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.
Robert G. Ingersoll
The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.
Robert G. Ingersoll
The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn. The less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything...
Robert G. Ingersoll
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