Quote of Robert Green Ingersoll - What light is to the eyes...
Biography - Robert Green Ingersoll:
American writer.
Born: 1833 - Died: 1899
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
Born: 1833 - Died: 1899
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
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Quotes about love:
Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
Quotes about heart:
Quotes about soul:
At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
Quotes about freedom:
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.
Quotes about light:
Quotes for: air
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