The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.
Robert Green Ingersoll
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Robert Green Ingersoll
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Robert Green Ingersoll
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“Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.”
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| Larry Ellison, Businessman (1944) |
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| John C. Hawkes, Novelist (1925) |
| Dave Jones, Coach (1956) |
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