American - Lawyer | August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899
I can imagine no sweeter way to end one's life than in the quiet of the country, out of the mad race for money, place and power - far from the demands of business - out of the dusty highway where fools struggle and strive for the hollow praise of other fools.
Robert Green Ingersoll
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I want to tell you this: you cannot get the robe of hypocrisy on you so thick that the sharp eye of childhood will not see through every veil.
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Neutrality is generally used as a mask to hide unusual bitterness. Sometimes it hides what it is - nothing. It always stands for hollowness of head or bitterness of heart, sometimes for both.
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I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.
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Happiness is the legal-tender of the soul. Joy is wealth.
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Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.
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In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.
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The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.
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In spite of my surroundings, of my education, I had no love for God.
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I simply claim that what ideas I have, I have a right to express; and that any man who denies that right to me is an intellectual thief and robber.
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In order to appreciate a great man, we must know his surroundings. We must understand the scope of the drama in which he played - the part he acted - and we must also know his audience.
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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.
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