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There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

James Thurber

I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
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Beginning Method Myself Open Word
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner
Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
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Cost Greatness Humor Serious Thinking
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Fools People Time Yourself
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness
Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Company Crowd Party Travel Wanderer
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 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 nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
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Allow Fear Humor Nation Possession Regard Suspect Writing
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
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
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Cake Dangerous Food Marriage One Liner Sarcasm
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking
The things we laugh at are awful while they are going on, but get funny when we look back. And other people laugh because they’ve been through it too. The closest thing to humor is tragedy.
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Laughter People Tragedy
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past

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