diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2-o b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2-o
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--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2-o
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2-o
@@ -6493,12 +6493,6 @@ But man spoiled his chances by sinning
 	Will end in God's glory
 But at present the other side's winning.
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-God's plan made a hopeful beginning
-But man spoiled his chances by sinning.
-	We trust that the story
-	Will end in God's glory
-But at present, the other side's winning.
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 Going into politics is as fatal to a gentleman as going into a bordello
 is fatal to a virgin.
 		-- H.L. Mencken, "A Carnival of Buncombe"