Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green "Bob" Ingersollwas an American lawyer, a Civil War veteran, political leader, and orator of the United States during the Golden Age of Free Thought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism. He was nicknamed "The Great Agnostic"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth11 August 1833
CountryUnited States of America
joy world dramatic
Why should we postpone our joy to another world? Let us get all we can of the good between the cradle and the grave, all that we can of the truly dramatic. If, when death comes, that is the end, we have at least made the best of this life.
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Of course, ministers look upon theaters as rival attractions, and most of their hatred is born of business views. They think people ought to be driven to church by having all other places closed. In my judgment the theater has done good, while the church has done harm. The drama never has insisted upon burning anybody. Persecution is not born of the stage.
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You need not go back four thousand years for heroines. The world is filled with them today. They do not belong to any nation, nor to any religion, nor exclusively to any race. Wherever woman is found, they are found.
change men physically
You have to change men physically before you change them intellectually.
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Whoever labors for the happiness of those he loves elevates himself, no matter whether he works in the dreary shop or the perfumed field.
human lower sympathy
What is it that distinguishes you and me from the lower animals - from the beasts? More, I say, than anything else, human sympathy - human sympathy.
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Walt Whitman defended the sacredness of love, the purity of passion - the passion that builds every home and fills the world with art and song.
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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.
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Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book and creed and dogma for itself, the world cannot be free.
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There may be another life, and if there is, the best way to prepare for it is by making somebody happy in this.
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There is no common sense in going to the field to fight and leaving a man at home to undo all that you accomplish.
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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.
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There are so many societies, so many churches, so many -isms, that it is almost impossible for an independent man to succeed in a political career.
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The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life.