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God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.

Brendan Behan

I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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Drinking People Ruined
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
Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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Country Inspirational Irish People Psychosis
I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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Beer Drinking Food
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
I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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Capital Crime Imagine Punishment
It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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Deeds Forget Poor
I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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Drinkers Problem Writing
I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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Children Married Painter
There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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Like Love One Love You
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it’s done, they’ve seen it done every day, but they’re unable to do it themselves.
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Criticism Editors Funny
You made one mistake. You married me.
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Cynical Married Mistake
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
One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Addiction Country Enough Irish People
When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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Fighting Men Two Woman
Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn’t affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
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Saint Theatre Two Years

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