Shakespeare was an intellectual ocean, whose waves touched all the shores of thought; within which were all the tides and waves of destiny and will; over which swept all the storms of fate, ambition and revenge; upon which fell the gloom and darkness of despair and death and all the sunlight of content and love, and within which was the inverted sky lit with the eternal stars -- an intellectual ocean -- toward which all rivers ran, and from which now the isles and continents of thought receive their dew and rain. β¨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.616, Library of Alexandria
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- Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers. β¨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.4036, Library of Alexandria
- As long as a man lives he should study. Death alone has the right to dismiss the school. β¨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.2838, Library of Alexandria
- Progress is born of doubt and inquiry. The Church never doubts, never inquires. To doubt is heresy, to inquire is to admit that you do not knowβthe Church does neither. β¨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907 β¦ βΆ
- It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead. β¨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.2025, Library of Alexandria
- I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar. β¨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1898). Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Including His Letters on the β¦ βΆ
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