The only good husbands stay bachelors: They’re too considerate to get married.

About Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunnewas an American humorist, journalist and writer from Chicago. In 1898 Dunne published Mr.
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One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.
American humorist (1867-1936)
The past always looks better than it was. It’s only pleasant because it isn’t here.
American humorist (1867-1936)
Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
American humorist (1867-1936)
Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.
American humorist (1867-1936)
Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
American humorist (1867-1936)
A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.
American humorist (1867-1936)
The only good husbands stay bachelors: They’re too considerate to get married.
American humorist (1867-1936)
It don’t make much difference what you study, so long as you don’t like it.
American humorist (1867-1936)
The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better – it is just turning around as usual.
American humorist (1867-1936)
Don’t jump on a man unless he is down.
American humorist (1867-1936)
Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
American humorist (1867-1936)
Vice is a creature of such hideous mien… that the more you see it the better you like it.
American humorist (1867-1936)
A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
American humorist (1867-1936)
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.
American humorist (1867-1936)
An appeal is when you ask one court to show it’s contempt for another court.
American humorist (1867-1936)
There are no friends at cards or world politics.
American humorist (1867-1936)