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One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.
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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Opportunity knocks at every man's door once. On some men's door it hammers till it breaks down the door and then it goes in and wakes him up if he's asleep, and ever afterward it works for him as a night watchman.
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Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
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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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The past always looks better than it was it's only pleasant because it isn't here.
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