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I care not who makes th' laws iv a nation, if I can get out an injunction.

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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A rayformer thinks he was ilicted because he was a rayformer, whin th thruth iv th matther is he was ilicted because no wan knew him.
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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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An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
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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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It don't make much difference what you study, so long as you don't like it.
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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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The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
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Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
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