You had better be the emperor of one loving and tender heart, and she the empress of yours, than to be king of the world. The man who has really won the love of one good woman in this world, I do not care if he dies in the ditch a beggar, his life has been a success.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator

Lecture (1877-01-31) “The Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child,” Case Hall, Boston
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