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“It must be a good thing to be good or everybody wouldn’t be pretending he was.” — Finley Peter Dunne
(Finley Peter Dunne was kind of like the Stephen Colbert of his day. Probably more so, as it was a simpler time, and newspapers were pretty much the only medium. People actually read . . . a lot back then. He looks a little like my great grandfather. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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Today in 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died, at the age of 35, in Vienna, Austria.
“The past always looks better than it was; it’s only pleasant because it isn’t here.” — Finley Peter Dunne
(We do seem to romanticize the past a little too much. Be well and do good. To my Muslim readers: Eid sa’id!) — YUR
“It doesn’t make much difference what you study as long as you don’t like it.” — Finley Dunne
(Sounds like his character, Mr. Dooley. This was turn of the century, Irish-American humor, so it’s funnier in context. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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“Work is work if you’re paid to do it, and it’s pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it.” — Finley Peter Dunne
(It??? Is he talking about something specific? Strange quote. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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Nothing But Order in the Court (Photo credit: Chicago Man)
“An appeal is when you ask one court to show contempt for another court.” — Finley Peter Dunne
(Both clever and hard to argue with! Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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“Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting.” — Finley Peter Dunne
(Funny.) — YUR
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“It must be a good thing to be good or everybody wouldn’t be pretending he was.” — Finley Peter Dunne
(I can’t seem to verify this quote, online. Can anyone find it for me and provide a link?) — YUR
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