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> [Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/stories-are-meant-to-comfort-the-afflicted-and-afflict-the-comfortable/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

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## More by Finley Peter Dunne

> [If Christian scientists had more science and doctors more Christianity, it wouldn't make any difference which you called in - if you had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/if-christian-scientists-had-more-science-and-doctors-more/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [What's wan man's news is another man's throubles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/what-s-wan-man-s-news-is-another-man-s-throubles/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [Freedom is like drink. If you take any at all, you might as well take enough to make you happy for a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/freedom-is-like-drink-if-you-take-any-at-all-you-might-as-well-take/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf. Fr'm time to time this can be decorated with lithrachure. But th' shelf…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/th-first-thing-to-have-in-a-libry-is-a-shelf-fr-m-time-to-time-this/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better - it is just turning around as usual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/the-world-is-not-growing-worse-and-it-is-not-growing-better-it-is/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [Politics ain't beanbag: 'tis a man's game, and women, children 'n' pro-hy-bitionists had best stay out of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/politics-ain-t-beanbag-tis-a-man-s-game-and-women-children-n-pro-hy/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [“What I wud do if I was Buller, an' I thank Hivin I'm not, wud be move me ar-rmy in half-an-hour over th' high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/what-i-wud-do-if-i-was-buller-an-i-thank-hivin-i-m-not-wud-be-move-me/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [What is instinct? It is the natural tendency in one when filled with dismay to turn to his wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/what-is-instinct-it-is-the-natural-tendency-in-one-when-filled-with/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/that-is-no-matther-whether-th-constitution-follows-th-flag-or-not-th/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/the-only-good-husbands-stay-bachelors-they-re-too-considerate-to-get/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/high-finance-isn-t-burglary-or-obtaining-money-by-false-pretenses-but/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [It is more comfortable to feel that we are a slight improvement on a monkey than such a fallin' off from the angels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/it-is-more-comfortable-to-feel-that-we-are-a-slight-improvement-on-a/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/a-fanatic-is-a-man-that-does-what-he-thinks-the-lord-would-do-if-he/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [“Oh, ye're always pitchin' into some wan," said Mr. Hennessy. "I bet ye Willum Jennings Bryan niver see th' platform befure it wint in.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/oh-ye-re-always-pitchin-into-some-wan-said-mr-hennessy-i-bet-ye/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

> [“I'll now fall back a furlong or two in me chair, while me larned but misguided collagues r-read th' Histhry iv Iceland to show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/i-ll-now-fall-back-a-furlong-or-two-in-me-chair-while-me-larned-but/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

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