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Victory makes forgiveness easy.

— Robert G. Ingersoll

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  2. We shall no longer listen to priests who regard celibacy as a higher state than marriage, nor to those statesmen who look upon a barbarous …
  3. To me, the most obscene word in the language is celibacy.
  4. What do I mean by liberty? By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By i…
  5. Thought and speech must be free. The man or men who would put a chain upon the brain or a padlock on the tongue are heirs of the Inquisitio…
  6. 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. Without liberty, the brain…
  7. They say that God says to me, 'Forgive your enemies.' I say, 'I do'; but he says, 'I will damn mine.' God should be consistent. If he wants…
  8. When I became convinced that the universe is natural, that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, in…

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Topics in this quote

  • power
  • forgiveness
  • war
  • victory

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