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I wonder why you can always read a doctor's bill and you can never read his prescription.
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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