Robert Green Ingersoll ( 10 of 41 )
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
What light is to the eyes--what air is to the lungs--what love is to the heart, liberty is to the read more
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.
In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.
In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would read more
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow the teachings of the new, he would be insane.
If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered together, a monument higher than read more
If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered together, a monument higher than all the pyramids would rise
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be read more
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.
A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.
A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.
By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By read more
By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think wrong.
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and read more
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.
The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure
The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure
