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Robert Green Ingersoll quotes

American Lawyer August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899

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Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "I would rather live and love where death is king than have..."
I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not. Robert Green Ingersoll
He was a worshiper of liberty, a friend of the oppressed. A thousand times I have heard him quote these words: "For Justice all place a temple, and all season, summer." He believed that happiness is the only good, reason the only torch, justice the only worship, humanity the only religion, and love the only priest. Robert Green Ingersoll
It is a splendid thing to think that the woman you really love will never grow old to you. Through the wrinkles of time, through the mask of years, if you really love her, you will always see the face you love and won. And a woman who really loves a man does not see that he grows old; he is not decrepit to her; she always sees the same gallant gentleman who won her hand and heart. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love..."
In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what..."
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 Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "To hate man and love god seems to be the sum of all creeds."
To hate man and love god seems to be the sum of all creeds. Robert Green Ingersoll
There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the least. There is something wrong when honesty wears a rag, and rascality a robe; when the loving, the tender, east a crust, while the infamous sit at banquets. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the..."
The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "To give up your individuality is to annihilate yourself."
To give up your individuality is to annihilate yourself. Robert Green 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 Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is..."
Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result. Robert Green Ingersoll
My dog," he said, "just barks and plays -has all he wants to eat. He never works- has no trouble about business. In a little while he dies, and that is all. I work with all my strength. I have no time to play. I have trouble every day. In a little while I will die, and then I go to hell. I wish that I had been a dog. Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers: It is the only..."
Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers: It is the only prayer that deserves an answer—good, honest, noble work. Robert Green Ingersoll
All of the Ten Commandments that are good were old; all that were new art foolish. If Jehovah had been civilized he would have left out the commandment about keeping the Sabbath, and in its place would have said: "Thou shalt not enslave thy fellow-men." He would have omitted the one about swearing, and said: "The man shall have but one wife, and the woman but one husband." He would have left out the one about graven images, and in its stead would have said: "Thou shalt not wage wars of... Robert Green Ingersoll
We must remember that there is a great difference between a myth and a miracle. A myth is the idealization of a fact. A miracle is the counterfeit of a fact. There is the same difference between a myth and a miracle that there is between fiction and falsehood -- between poetry and perjury. Miracles belong to the far past and the far future. The little line of sand, called the present, between the seas, belongs to common sense to the natural. Robert Green Ingersoll

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