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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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Gardening is a humbling experience. ~Martha Stewart
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Hello and hi. Slowly open your eyes. Get up from your bed. Go to the window. The great sun is waiting to say "Good Morning" to you.
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You have the gift of a brilliant internal guardian that stands ready to warn you of hazards and guide you through risky situations. ~Gavin de Becker
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~Lillie Langtry
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I didn't want to be anyone else. ~Gordon Waller
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. ~Confucius
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. ~Harry A. Blackmun
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You're out on stage, the music is blaring, the crowd is screaming, the lights are flashing, your heart is pumping, the sweat is flying, and it's the greatest feeling in the whole world. ~Michael Flatley
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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