All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention; of barbarian invention; is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition; then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity. ~Robert Green Ingersoll
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to. ~Chic Murray
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do. ~Halle Berry
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something. ~Jerry Seinfeld
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Arguing whether or not a God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name for God is like fleas arguing over the name of the dog. And arguing over whose notion of God is correct is like fleas arguing over who owns the dog. ~Robert Fulghum
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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