Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the most detestable government that ever existed, except the one from which it was copied.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

A God who gave his entire time for 40 years to the work of converting...

A God who gave his entire time for 40 years to the work of converting...

I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where...

I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where...

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have...

Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have...

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you...

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you...

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion...

Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion...

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious...

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious...

Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin

Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin

If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be...

If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be...

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think...

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think...

A Socrates in every classroom.

A Socrates in every classroom.