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Most vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.
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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Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it
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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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A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.
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