Robert G. Ingersoll Quote

To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present.


Colonel Ingersoll's Decoration Day Address, May 30th, 1888 (ed. 1888)


To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present.

To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present.

To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present.

To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present.