George Eliot tenderly carried in her heart the burdens of our race. She looked through pity's tears upon the faults and frailties of mankind. Robert Green Ingersoll burdencarryeliot Change image and share on social
Nothing has been left undone by the enemies of freedom. Every art and artifice, every cruelty and outrage has been practiced and perpetrated to destroy the rights of man. In this great struggle, every crime has been rewarded and every virtue has been punished. Robert Green Ingersoll artartificecrime share on social
Voltaire, as full of life as summer is full of blossoms, giving his ideas upon all subjects at the expense of prince and king, was exiled to England. Robert Green Ingersoll blossomenglandexile Change image and share on social
So far as I am concerned, I think more of reasons than of reputations, more of principles than of persons, more of nature than of names, more of facts than of faiths. Robert Green Ingersoll concernfactfaith Change image and share on social
An honest God is the noblest work of man. Robert Green Ingersoll godhonestman Change image and share on social
There can be goodness without much intelligence - but it seems to me that perfect intelligence and perfect goodness must go together. Robert Green Ingersoll goodnessintelligenceperfect Change image and share on social
The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public. Robert Green Ingersoll fascinategreatindividuality Change image and share on social
No writer must be measured by a word or paragraph. He is to be measured by his work - by the tendency, not of one line, but by the tendency of all. Robert Green Ingersoll linemeasureparagraph Change image and share on social
Roscoe Conkling was a man of superb courage. He not only acted without fear, but he had that fortitude of soul which bears the consequences of the course pursued without complaint. Robert Green Ingersoll actbearcomplaint Change image and share on social
I will live by the standard of reason, and if thinking in accordance with reason takes me to perdition, then I will go to hell with my reason rather than to heaven without it. Robert Green Ingersoll accordanceheavenhell Change image and share on social
