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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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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it
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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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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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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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Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
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A game you play with your own worst enemy-yourself.
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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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What's wan man's news is another man's throubles.
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If Christian scientists had more science and doctors more Christianity, it wouldn't make any difference which you called in - if you had a good nurse.
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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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Drink never made a man better, but it has made many a man think he was better.
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High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts.
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One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.
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The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
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