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It must be a good thing to be good or ivrybody wudden't be pretendin' he was.
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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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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Freedom is like drink. If you take any at all, you might as well take enough to make you happy for a while.
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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable
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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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Viceis a creature of such heejous mienthat th' more ye see it th' betther ye like it.
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That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.
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Most vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.
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You can lade a man up to th' university, but ye can't make him think.
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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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If a man is wise, he gets rich an' if he gets rich, he gets foolish, or his wife does. That's what keeps the money movin' around.
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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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I wonder why you can always read a doctor's bill and you can never read his prescription.
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Vice goes along way towards making life bearable. A little vice now and then is relished by the best of men.
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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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