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

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Education Quotes

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.

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.

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind

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...

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come...

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

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...

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he...

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he...

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

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

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.

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

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