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Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.
Robert Green Ingersoll
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Robert Green Ingersoll
Age: 65 †
Born: 1833
Born: August 11
Died: 1899
Died: July 21
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Yates County
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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.
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Hope is the consolation of the world.
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It seems to me that if there is some infinite being who wants us to think alike he would have made us alike.
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All religious systems enslave the mind. Certain things are demanded-certain things must be believed-certain things must be done-and the man who becomes the subject or servant of this superstition must give up all idea of indivuality or hope of intellectual growth or progress.
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The Catholic Church is a thousand times better than your Protestant Church upon that question [of damnation]. The Catholic Church believes in purgatory - that is, a place where a fellow can get a chance to make a motion for a new trial.
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Insolence is not logic epithets are the arguments of malice.
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This, in my judgment, is the highest philosophy: First, do not regret having lost yesterday second, do not fear that you will lose tomorrow third, enjoy today.
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