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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.

James Thurber

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.
JAMES THURBER

Dog Himself Level Man Success
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
JAMES THURBER

Answer Better Known Question
The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
JAMES THURBER

Future Guess Past Sound
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
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Attention Beautiful One Liner
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Cake Dangerous Food Marriage One Liner Sarcasm
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past
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
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
JAMES THURBER

Call Myself Number Phone Wrong Yourself
I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance – a sharp, vindictive glance.
JAMES THURBER

Man Myself Sharp
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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Children Position Thinking Woman
The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing’s fun. You’re getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.
JAMES THURBER

Act Move Myself Writing

The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.

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