More from Robert G. Ingersoll

  1. The truth is, that in favor of almost every sect, the names of some great men can he pronounced.
  2. Great virtues may draw attention from defects, they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a dia…
  3. Whoever attacks a custom or a creed, will be confronted with a list of the names of the dead who upheld the custom, or believed the creed. …
  4. The greatest men the world has produced have known but little. They had a few facts, mingled with mistakes without number. In some departme…
  5. The idea of hell was born of ignorance, brutality, fear, cowardice, and revenge. This idea testifies that our remote ancestors were the low…
  6. Volumes might be written upon the follies and imbecilities of great men. A full rounded man - a man of sterling sense and natural logic - i…
  7. The God of Hell should be held in loathing, contempt and scorn. A God who threatens eternal pain should be hated, not loved - cursed, not w…
  8. Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance …

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