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What is instinct? It is the natural tendency in one when filled with dismay to turn to his wife.
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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When 'tis an aven thing in th' prayin', may th' best man win ... an' th' best man will win.
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It [Thanksgiving] was founded by the Puritans to give thanks for bein' preserved from the Indians, an' we keep it to give thanks we are preserved from the Puritans.
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When the American people get through with the English language, it will look as if it had been run over by a musical comedy.
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Drink never made a man better, but it has made many a man think he was better.
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You can lade a man up to th' university, but ye can't make him think.
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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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