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

James Thurber

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Death One Liner Reason Treason
Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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Marriage Mutual 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
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
Discussion in America means dissent.
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Country Discussion
The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
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Dog Himself Level Man Success
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking
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
I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
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Disturb Himself Listening Reason
I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart.
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Feeling Heart Sadness Sorry Touch Yourself
All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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Death Learning Man Strive Wisdom
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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Children Position Thinking Woman
Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Progress Right Time
Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
JAMES THURBER

Achievement Character Expression Humor Laughter Separate

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

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