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A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.

Brendan Behan

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Brendan Behan
Age: 41 †
Born: 1923
Born: February 9
Died: 1964
Died: March 20
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Dublin city
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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I ruined my health drinking to other people's.
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There's no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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Critics are like eunuchs they can tell you what to do, but they can't do it themselves!
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There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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Message? What the hell do you think I am, a bloody postman?
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Prostitutes, more than any other profession, help keep American marriages together.
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