In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

Topics: Genius Quotes, Mediocrity Quotes

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

The truth shall make you free, but first it shall make you angry.

The truth shall make you free, but first it shall make you angry.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor...

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor...

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

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...

He (Thomas Paine) saw oppression on every hand; injustice everywhere; hypocrisy at the altar; venality...

He (Thomas Paine) saw oppression on every hand; injustice everywhere; hypocrisy at the altar; venality...

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...

Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the...

Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the...

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 is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

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 true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he...

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he...

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

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

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

Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin

Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin

Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his...

Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his...

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and...

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.