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A game you play with your own worst enemy-yourself.

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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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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That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.
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Freedom is like drink. If you take any at all, you might as well take enough to make you happy for a while.
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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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No, sir, th' dimmycratic party ain't on speakin' terms with itsilf. Whin ye see two men with white neckties go into a sthreet car an' set in opposite corners while wan mutthers Thraiter an' th' other hisses Miscreent ye can bet they're two dimmycratic leaders thryin' to reunite th' gran' ol' party.
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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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An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
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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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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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Work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's a pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it.
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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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