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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.
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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If all the historic books of the Bible were blotted from the memory of mankind, nothing of value would be lost.
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There is no evidence that God ever interfered in the affairs of man. The hand of earth is stretched uselessly towards heaven. From the clouds there comes no help.
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Who can over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to enlighten, elevate and civilize mankind?
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I am not so much for the freedom of religion as I am for the religion of freedom.
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Reason is the light, the sun of the brain. It is the compass of the mind, the ever-constant Northern Star, the mountain peak that lifts itself above all clouds.
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Strange but true: those who have loved God most have loved men least.
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I am simply in favor of intellectual hospitality-that is all. You come to me with a new idea. I invite you into the house. Let us see what you have. Let us talk it over. If I do not like your thought, I will bid it a polite good day. If I do like it, I will say: Sit down stay with me, and become a part of the intellectual wealth of my world.
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Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world.
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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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My principal objections to orthodox religion are two: slavery here and hell hereafter.
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Religion supports nobody. It has to be supported. It produces no wheat, no corn it ploughs no land it fells no forests. It is a perpetual mendicant. It lives on the labors of others, and then has the arrogance to pretend that it supports the giver.
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He raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest memory of our world.
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If the world ever advances beyond what it is today, it must be led by men who express their real opinions.
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The churches have no confidence in each other. Why? Because they are acquainted with each other.
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It is better to deserve without receiving than to receive without deserving
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Orthodoxy cannot afford to put out the fires of hell.
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As long as a man lives he should study. Death alone has the right to dismiss the school.
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The first duty of man is to support himself - to see to it that he does not become a burden. His next duty is to help others if he has a surplus, and if he really believes they deserve to be helped.
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Intellect, without heart, is infinitely cruel. . . .
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There is more real devotional feeling summoned from the temple of the mind by great music than by any sermon ever delivered.
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