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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

James Thurber

Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
JAMES THURBER

Attention Beautiful One Liner
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
JAMES THURBER

Belief Dog Heaven Immortal Known Myself Person
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
JAMES THURBER

Call Myself Number Phone Wrong Yourself
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
JAMES THURBER

Challenge Comedy Drugs Therapy
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
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
There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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Deep Glow Illumination Kind Light
Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
JAMES THURBER

Break Up Love Yourself
So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
JAMES THURBER

Finding Writing Yourself
If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
JAMES THURBER

Herself Man Sex Strong Woman Wonder
Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
JAMES THURBER

Company Crowd Party Travel Wanderer
Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Right Writing
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.
JAMES THURBER

Disturb Himself Listening Reason
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
JAMES THURBER

Face Fall Yourself

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

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