Few rich men own their property; their property owns them.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered...

If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered...

A good deed is the best prayer

A good deed is the best prayer

Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of...

Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of...

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...

My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is...

My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is...

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin

Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who...

I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who...

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

The Old Testament describes the hell of the past, and the New the hell of...

The Old Testament describes the hell of the past, and the New the hell of...

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to...

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to...

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and...

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and...

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment...

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment...

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what...

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what...

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.