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• Trust everybody, but cut the cards. -- Finlay Peter Dunne, "Mr. Dooley's Philosophy
• Dooley's Law: Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
• Don't jump on a man unless he's down. -- Finley Peter Dunne
• Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting. -- Finley Peter Dunne
• The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
  -- Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936)...
• The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
  -- Finley Peter Dunne (Mr. Dooley)...