The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads. -Flann O'brien

 

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.


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Some savage faculty for observation told him that most respectable and estimable people usually had a lot of books in their houses.

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A woman doesn't care if she hasn't a stomach, provided she looks as if she hasn't.

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