There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
JAMES THURBERThe unicorn is a mythical beast.
More James Thurber Quotes
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Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
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Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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