#is

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#gentleman #getting #gives #hardly #himself

Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#dissolution #every #hated #institution #most

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#best #flourishes #half #literature #trade

Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away. ↗

— Jean Ingelow

#asleep #away #childish #come #day

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. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#eyes #heart #liberty #light #love

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#continent #distance #eyes #hath #knows

This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I'm surprised it's as good as it is. ↗

— Fay Vincent

#commissioner #coup #good #i #surprised

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#happiness #punishment #result #reward #suffering

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#anything #assistance #every #except #fact

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#blessed #convictions #courage #enough #every