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A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.

Brendan Behan

Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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Friendship Hurt Writing
There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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Made Miserable Situation
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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May Results Tasks
Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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Prayer Results Scream
That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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Funny Humor Mother
Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live but because of the determination not to give assorted surviving bastards the satisfaction of his death.
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Determination Men Suicide
I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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Drinkers Problem Writing
In a society which really supported marriage the wife would be encouraged to go to the office and make love to her husband on the company’s time and with its blessing.
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Blessing Husband Marriage
God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
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Family Forgive Men Mother
A pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.
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Hands Life Modern Toss
You made one mistake. You married me.
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Cynical Married Mistake
Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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Contempt Jailer Prison
I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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Catholic Communist Dark
He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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Born Country Irish People Years
New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment… a place where you’re least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.
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Country Funny Irish People Spiritual
The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.
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Funny Marriage Sexy

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