Author: Robert Green Ingersoll

Quotes

There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.

There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

I regard the rights of men and women equal. In Love's fair realm, husband and wife are king and queen, sceptered and crowned alike, and seated on the self-same throne.

I regard the rights of men and women equal. In Love's fair realm, husband and wife are king and queen, sceptered and crowned alike, and seated on the self-same throne.

- 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

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.

A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.

- 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.

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

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

- 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

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.

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

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