Author: Robert Green Ingersoll

Quotes

A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.

A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Taste and love are not the servants of the will. Love is and must be free. It rises from the heart like perfume from a flower.

Taste and love are not the servants of the will. Love is and must be free. It rises from the heart like perfume from a flower.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Every good government is made up of good families. The unit of good government is the family, and anything that tends to destroy the family is perfectly devilish and infamous.

Every good government is made up of good families. The unit of good government is the family, and anything that tends to destroy the family is perfectly devilish and infamous.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

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