Finley Peter Dunne
» Alcohol and Alcoholism » “Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.”
» Bachelor » “The only good husbands stay bachelors: They’re too considerate to get married.”
» Conflict » “Don’t jump on a man unless he is down.”
» Education » “It don’t make much difference what you study, so long as you don’t like it.”
» Fanatics and Fanaticism » “A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.”
» Lies and Lying » “A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.”
» Men and Women » “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.”
» Motivation » “Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.”
» Past » “The past always looks better than it was because it isn’t here.”
» Poverty and The Poor » “One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.”
» Trust » “Trust everybody, but cut the cards.”
» Vegetarianism » “Most vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.”
» Vice » “Vice is a creature of such hideous mien… that the more you see it the better you like it.”
» World » “The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better — it is just turning around as usual.”
