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Viceis a creature of such heejous mienthat th' more ye see it th' betther ye like it.

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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Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
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Histhry is a post-mortem examination. It tellsye what a counthry died iv. But I'd like to know what it lived iv.
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