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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.

James Thurber

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself
The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals
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Animal Dog Fun Laughter Man Reason
Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Progress Right Time
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
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
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Belief Dog Heaven Immortal Known Myself Person
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
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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Definite Development Face Myself Structure
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Enough Generation Lost Trouble
I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance – a sharp, vindictive glance.
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Man Myself Sharp
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Cake Dangerous Food Marriage One Liner Sarcasm
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
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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Destination Direction End Journey Path
I don’t believe the writer should know too much where he’s going. If he does, he runs into old man blueprintold man propaganda.
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Believe Man Myself Old Writing
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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Funny Himself Person Smart World
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Attention Beautiful One Liner

Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.

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