Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result. Robert Green Ingersoll consequencehappinesspunishment Change image and share on social
Voltaire! A name that excites the admiration of men, the malignity of priests. Pronounce that name in the presence of a clergyman, and you will find that you have made a declaration of war. Robert Green Ingersoll admirationclergymandeclaration Change image and share on social
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 destroydevilishfamily Change image and share on social
The great poet is a great artist. He is painter and sculptor. The greatest pictures and statues have been painted and chiseled with words. They outlast all others. Robert Green Ingersoll artistchiseledgreat Change image and share on social
I do not believe anything comes by chance. I regard the present as the necessary child of a necessary past. Robert Green Ingersoll chancechildpast Change image and share on social
I think the man who eats the bread of idleness is under a certain obligation to speak well of labor. Robert Green Ingersoll breadeatidleness Change image and share on social
Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice. Robert Green Ingersoll argumentepithetinsolence Change image and share on social
How poor this world would be without its graves, without the memories of its mighty dead. Only the voiceless speak forever. Robert Green Ingersoll deadforevergrave Change image and share on social
Every religion in the world has denounced every other religion as a fraud. That proves to me that they all tell the truth - about others. Robert Green Ingersoll denouncefraudprove Change image and share on social
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. Robert Green Ingersoll hopeliarlose Change image and share on social