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Drink never made a man better, but it has made many a man think he was better.
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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Most vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.
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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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What is instinct? It is the natural tendency in one when filled with dismay to turn to his wife.
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The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
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When 'tis an aven thing in th' prayin', may th' best man win ... an' th' best man will win.
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To most people a savage nation is wan that doesn't wear oncomf'rtable clothes.
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Work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's a pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it.
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It don't make much difference what you study, so long as you don't like it.
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