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A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the as...  
A place where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.  
An honest God is the noblest work of man.  
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great an...  
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.  
Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed...  
Courage without conscience is a wild beast.  
Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter i...  
Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made s...  
Few rich men own their own property. The property owns them.  
Few rich men own their property; their property owns them.  
Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.  
Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a pu...  
Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to ...  
Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.   Nature
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for ver...  
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.  
I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal lif...  
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he w...   Religion
If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith...  
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequ...  
In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world ...  
In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear t...  
In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clo...  
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.  
Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.  
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individua...  
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education t...   Education
It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones ...  
Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to disting...  
Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.  
Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the wors...  
My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is...  
Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.  
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.  
Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at l...  
The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for...  
The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether h...  
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing...  
The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentlem...  
The more liberty you give away the more you will have.  
The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bl...  
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the...  
The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every ri...  
There is no slavery but ignorance.  
There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most ha...   Equality
We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts,...  
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to...  
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate,...