Robert Green Ingersoll

Famous quotes containing the words green and/or ingersoll:

    It was in and about the Martinmas time,
    When the green leaves were afalling,
    That Sir John Graeme, in the West Country,
    Fell in love with Barbara Allan.
    Unknown. Bonny Barbara Allan (l. 1–4)

    Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
    —Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899)