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Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Even an Englishman was niver improved by bein' blown up. Even an Englishman was niver improved by bein' blown up.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: It must be a good thing to be good or ivrybody wudden't be pretendin' he was. It must be a good thing to be good or ivrybody wudden't be pretendin' he was.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: The American nation in the sixth ward is a fine people; they love the eagle - on the back of a dollar. The American nation in the sixth ward is a fine people; they love the eagle - on the back of a dollar.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Drink never made a man better, but it has made many a man think he was better. Drink never made a man better, but it has made many a man think he was better.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: 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. 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.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: There are no friends at cards or world politics. There are no friends at cards or world politics.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married. The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf.Fr'm time to time this can be decorated with lithrachure.But th' shelf is th' main thing. Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf.
Fr'm time to time this can be decorated with lithrachure.
But th' shelf is th' main thing.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court. An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Vice is a creature of such hideous mien ... that the more you see it the better you like it. Vice is a creature of such hideous mien ... that the more you see it the better you like it.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here. The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: No matter whether the Constitution follows the flag or not, the Supreme Court follows the election returns. No matter whether the Constitution follows the flag or not, the Supreme Court follows the election returns.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Meditation is a gift confined to unknown philosophers and cows. Others don't begin to think till they begin to talk or write. Meditation is a gift confined to unknown philosophers and cows. Others don't begin to think till they begin to talk or write.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's a pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it. Work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's a pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Don't jump on a man unless he is down. Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: It don't make much difference what you study, so long as you don't like it. It don't make much difference what you study, so long as you don't like it.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Vice goes along way towards making life bearable. A little vice now and then is relished by the best of men. Vice goes along way towards making life bearable. A little vice now and then is relished by the best of men.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: I care not who makes th' laws iv a nation, if I can get out an injunction. I care not who makes th' laws iv a nation, if I can get out an injunction.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: 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. 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.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: You can lade a man up to th' university, but ye can't make him think. You can lade a man up to th' university, but ye can't make him think.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts. Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: A firm belief atthracts facts. They come out iv holes in the ground an' cracks in th' wall to support belief, but they run away fr'm doubt. A firm belief atthracts facts. They come out iv holes in the ground an' cracks in th' wall to support belief, but they run away fr'm doubt.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Viceis a creature of such heejous mienthat th' more ye see it th' betther ye like it. Viceis a creature of such heejous mienthat th' more ye see it th' betther ye like it.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: The wise people are in New York because the foolish went there first, that's the way the wise men make a living. The wise people are in New York because the foolish went there first, that's the way the wise men make a living.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better it is just turning around as usual. The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better
it is just turning around as usual.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable. A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: What's wan man's news is another man's throubles. What's wan man's news is another man's throubles.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals. Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: The last man that makes a joke owns it. The last man that makes a joke owns it.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns. That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case. A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: When the American people get through with the English language, it will look as if it had been run over by a musical comedy. When the American people get through with the English language, it will look as if it had been run over by a musical comedy.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Most vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals. Most vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: There's always wan encouragin' thing about th' sad scientific facts that come out ivrv week in th' pa-apers. They're usually not thrue. There's always wan encouragin' thing about th' sad scientific facts that come out ivrv week in th' pa-apers. They're usually not thrue.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: What is instinct? It is the natural tendency in one when filled with dismay to turn to his wife. What is instinct? It is the natural tendency in one when filled with dismay to turn to his wife.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: A man can be right and president, but he can't be both at the same time. A man can be right and president, but he can't be both at the same time.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Freedom is like drink. If you take any at all, you might as well take enough to make you happy for a while. Freedom is like drink. If you take any at all, you might as well take enough to make you happy for a while.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Histhry is a post-mortem examination. It tellsye what a counthry died iv. But I'd like to know what it lived iv. Histhry is a post-mortem examination. It tellsye what a counthry died iv. But I'd like to know what it lived iv.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: A game you play with your own worst enemy-yourself. A game you play with your own worst enemy-yourself.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Trust everybody, but always cut the cards. Trust everybody, but always cut the cards.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: If a man is wise, he gets rich an' if he gets rich, he gets foolish, or his wife does. That's what keeps the money movin' around. If a man is wise, he gets rich an' if he gets rich, he gets foolish, or his wife does. That's what keeps the money movin' around.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: To most people a savage nation is wan that doesn't wear oncomf'rtable clothes. To most people a savage nation is wan that doesn't wear oncomf'rtable clothes.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: The Puritans gave thanks for being preserved from the Indians, and we give thanks for being preserved from the Puritans. The Puritans gave thanks for being preserved from the Indians, and we give thanks for being preserved from the Puritans.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Th' dead ar-re always pop'lar. I knowed a society wanst to vote a monyment to a man an' refuse to help his fam'ly, all in wan night. Th' dead ar-re always pop'lar. I knowed a society wanst to vote a monyment to a man an' refuse to help his fam'ly, all in wan night.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: If ye live enough befure thirty ye won't care to live at all afther fifty. If ye live enough befure thirty ye won't care to live at all afther fifty.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: I niver knew a pollytician to go wrong ontil he's been contaminated by contact with a business man. I niver knew a pollytician to go wrong ontil he's been contaminated by contact with a business man.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: I wonder why you can always read a doctor's bill and you can never read his prescription. I wonder why you can always read a doctor's bill and you can never read his prescription.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: It is more comfortable to feel that we are a slight improvement on a monkey than such a fallin' off from the angels. It is more comfortable to feel that we are a slight improvement on a monkey than such a fallin' off from the angels.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: A man's idea in a game of cards is war, cruel, devastating, and pitiless. A lady's idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement and burglary. A man's idea in a game of cards is war, cruel, devastating, and pitiless. A lady's idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement and burglary.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts. High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: When 'tis an aven thing in th' prayin', may th' best man win ... an' th' best man will win. When 'tis an aven thing in th' prayin', may th' best man win ... an' th' best man will win.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: A man never becomes an orator if he has anything to say. A man never becomes an orator if he has anything to say.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting. Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: Politics ain't beanbag: 'tis a man's game, and women, children 'n' pro-hy-bitionists had best stay out of it. Politics ain't beanbag: 'tis a man's game, and women, children 'n' pro-hy-bitionists had best stay out of it.
Finley Peter Dunne quotes: A man's idee in a card game is war A man's idee in a card game is war

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