One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.
- Finley Peter Dunne
Life, Need, About, Strangest
Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
- Finley Peter Dunne
Alcohol, Himself, Necessary, Good Opinion
There are no friends at cards or world politics.
- Finley Peter Dunne
Politics, World, Cards, No Friends
The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
- Finley Peter Dunne
Marriage, Bachelors, Too, Get Married
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
Lord, Would, Does, Case
There ain't any news in being good. You might write the doings of all the convents of the world on the back of a postage stamp, and have room to spare.
- Finley Peter Dunne
News, Back, Might, Postage
Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
- Finley Peter Dunne
Comfortable, Afflict, Afflicted
Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
- Finley Peter Dunne
Better, See, Vice, Creature
Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.
- Finley Peter Dunne
Food, Like, Most, Cannibals
A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
- Finley Peter Dunne
Purpose, Kind, Most, Worst Kind
Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
- Finley Peter Dunne
Man, Unless, He, Jump
The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better - it is just turning around as usual.
- Finley Peter Dunne
Growing, World, Better, Turning
An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
- Finley Peter Dunne
Ask, Contempt, Another, Appeal
The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
- Finley Peter Dunne
Time, Better, Always, Pleasant
Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
- Finley Peter Dunne
Trust, Everybody, Cut, Cards
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