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Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf. Fr'm time to time this can be decorated with lithrachure. But th' shelf is th' main thing.

Finley Peter Dunne

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Finley Peter Dunne
Age: 68 †
Born: 1867
Born: July 10
Died: 1936
Died: April 24
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What is instinct? It is the natural tendency in one when filled with dismay to turn to his wife.
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Many a man that couldn't direct ye to th' drug store on th' corner when he was thirty will get a respectful hearin' when age has further impaired his mind.
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I wonder why you can always read a doctor's bill and you can never read his prescription.
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I care not who makes th' laws iv a nation, if I can get out an injunction.
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You can lade a man up to th' university, but ye can't make him think.
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I niver knew a pollytician to go wrong ontil he's been contaminated by contact with a business man.
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Drink never made a man better, but it has made many a man think he was better.
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