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It don t make much difference what you study, so long as you don t like it.
Dunne, Finley Peter
Education

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.
Dunne, Finley Peter
Fanatics and Fanaticism

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.
Dunne, Finley Peter
Men and Women

A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
Dunne, Finley Peter
Lies and Lying

One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.
Dunne, Finley Peter
Poverty and The Poor

Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
Dunne, Finley Peter
Motivation

The past always looks better than it was because it isn t here.
Dunne, Finley Peter
Past

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
Dunne, Finley Peter
Trust

The only good husbands stay bachelors: They re too considerate to get married.
Dunne, Finley Peter
Bachelor

Don t jump on a man unless he is down.
Dunne, Finley Peter
Conflict

Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
Dunne, Finley Peter
Alcohol and Alcoholism

Most vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.
Dunne, Finley Peter
Vegetarianism

The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better -- it is just turning around as usual.
Dunne, Finley Peter
World

Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
Dunne, Finley Peter
Vice