In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and I might...

My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and I might...

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me....

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me....

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...

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...

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...

The more liberty you give away the more you will have.

The more liberty you give away the more you will have.

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...

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...

No day can be so sacred but that the laugh of a little child will...

No day can be so sacred but that the laugh of a little child will...

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 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...

It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough...

It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough...

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.

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...

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

Religion and atheism will both survive it [the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice...

Religion and atheism will both survive it [the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice...

What a theologian feels as true, must be false: one has therein almost a criterion...

What a theologian feels as true, must be false: one has therein almost a criterion...