It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ~Pat Benatar
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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