If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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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...

It is impossible to conceive of a more thoroughly despicable, hateful, and arrogant being, than...

It is impossible to conceive of a more thoroughly despicable, hateful, and arrogant being, than...

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...

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...

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.

The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made...

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made...

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

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...

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...

The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.

The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.

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...

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally...

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally...

There is no slavery but ignorance.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

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...

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...

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through...

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through...

A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside, it is...

A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside, it is...