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With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.

James Thurber

Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
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Achievement Advice Art Man
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself
A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Act Creation Fake Misunderstanding Thinking
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Call Myself Number Phone Wrong Yourself
I write humor the way a surgeon operates, because it is a livelihood, because I have a great urge to do it, because many interesting challenges are set up, and because I have the hope it may do some good.
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Goodness Hope Humor Interest Operate Surgeon Writing
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
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Challenge Comedy Drugs Therapy
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking
Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
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Dog Happiness Man Strange Trouble
Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
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Collision Fly Greatness Man World
Discussion in America means dissent.
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Country Discussion
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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Mathematics Safety
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
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Future Guess Past Sound
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Fools People Time Yourself

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.

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With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.

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