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When 'tis an aven thing in th' prayin', may th' best man win ... an' th' best man will win.

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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Journalist
Screenwriter
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Chicago
Illinois
Best
Thing
Men
Winning
War
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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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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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The past always looks better than it was it's only pleasant because it isn't here.
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You can lade a man up to th' university, but ye can't make him think.
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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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The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
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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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