“Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
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“In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.”
“The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.”
Source: Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Including His Letters on the Chinese God--Is Suicide a Sin?--The Right to One's Life--etc. Etc. Etc
“If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.”
“In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Courage without conscience is a wild beast.”
Source: The Works of Robert G.Ingersoll. [Dresden Ed.]
“Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
Source: Famous Speeches, Complete ...
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
Source: Prose-poems and Selections from the Writings and Sayings of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“There is no slavery but ignorance.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.”
“The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“You see, after all, few rich men own their property. The property owns them.”
“It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
Source: The Gods, and Other Lectures
“Fear is religion, courage is science.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Do not trust those in whom the compulsion to punish is strong.”
Source: Discussions
“Do right, not to deny yourself but because you love yourself and because you love others.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“To be like other people is to be unlike ourselves.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“I have had some trouble in regarding evil as having been intended by infinite Goodness.”
Source: Letters
“I am not so much for the freedom of religion as I am for the religion of freedom.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“If there is a God, there should be no slaves.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“I have no confidence in any religion that can be demonstrated only to children.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“To me, the most obscene word in our language is celibacy.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“An infinite personality is an infinite impossibility.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Think of the egotism of a man who believes that an infinite being wants his praise!”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll