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He who dishonors himself [by lying about his opinions] for the sake of being honored by others will find that two mistakes have been made - one by himself, and the other, by the people.
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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Dresden
Yates County
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The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought.
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Prayer is of no avail. The lightning falls on the just and the unjust in accordance with natural laws.
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They say: Belief is important. I say: No, actions are important. Judge by deed, not by creed.
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the inventor of the plow did more good than the maker of the first rosary - because, say what you will, plowing is better than praying.
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Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense.
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I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar.
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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 doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is in harmony with torture, with flaying alive, and with burnings.
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Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to joy, and makes right royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.
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Shakespeare has done far more for the world than the Bible.
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I found that the clergy did not understand their own book.
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In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and buried the great thieves in marble and gold. Under the loftiest monuments sleeps the dust of murder.
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We can be as honest as we are ignorant. If we are, when asked what is beyond the horizon of the known, we must say that we do not know.
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Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.
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In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
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If priests had not been fond of mutton, lambs never would have been sacrified to god. Nothing was ever carried to the temple that the priest could not use, and it always happened that god wanted what his agents liked.
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