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Ingersoll, Robert G.
1833–99
1
An honest God is the noblest work of man.

The Gods
(1876) pt. 1.

Ingham, Bernard
1932–
1
Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns.

speech, 5 February 1986

Ingram, John Kells
1823–1907
1
They rose in dark and evil days.

"The Memory of the Dead" (1843)

2
Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight?
Who blushes at the name?

"The Memory of the Dead" (1843)

Ingres, J. A. D.
1780–1867
1
Drawing is the true test of art.

Pensées d'Ingres
(1922)

Ionesco, Eugène
1912–94
1
A civil servant doesn't make jokes.

Tueur sans gages
(The Killer, 1958) act 1

Irenaeus, St
c.
130
ad
1
The glory of God is a man fully alive.

attributed

Irvine, Weldon J.
1
Young, gifted and black.

title of song (1969).

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