A THREAD on insightful ideas by Robert Ingersoll:
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The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn.
The less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything.
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The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn.
The less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything.
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This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself. Keep your mind open to the influences of nature. Receive new thoughts with hospitality. Let us advance.
This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself. Keep your mind open to the influences of nature. Receive new thoughts with hospitality. Let us advance.
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In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
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The glory of science is, that it is freeing the soul, breaking the mental manacles, getting the brain out of bondage, giving courage to thought, filling the world with mercy, justice, and joy.
The glory of science is, that it is freeing the soul, breaking the mental manacles, getting the brain out of bondage, giving courage to thought, filling the world with mercy, justice, and joy.
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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.
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Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.
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As man develops, he places a greater value upon his own rights. Liberty becomes a grander thing.
As he values his own rights, he begins to value the rights of others.
And when all men give to all others all the rights they claim for themselves, this world will be civilized.
As man develops, he places a greater value upon his own rights. Liberty becomes a grander thing.
As he values his own rights, he begins to value the rights of others.
And when all men give to all others all the rights they claim for themselves, this world will be civilized.
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There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.
There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.
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There is no slavery but ignorance. Liberty is the child of intelligence.
There is no slavery but ignorance. Liberty is the child of intelligence.
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Superstition is the child of ignorance and fear.
The intellectual advancement of man depends upon how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.
Superstition is the child of ignorance and fear.
The intellectual advancement of man depends upon how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.
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Few rich men own their property. The property owns them.
Few rich men own their property. The property owns them.
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I know not what discoveries, what inventions, what thoughts may leap from the brain of the world.
But I do know, that coming from the infinite sea of the future, there will never touch time a richer gift, a rarer blessing than liberty for man, for woman, and for child.
I know not what discoveries, what inventions, what thoughts may leap from the brain of the world.
But I do know, that coming from the infinite sea of the future, there will never touch time a richer gift, a rarer blessing than liberty for man, for woman, and for child.
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