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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

James Thurber

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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Behavior Man Mindset Understand
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself
For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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Accent Ignore Language Pronounce
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Confusion Happiness Thinking
So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
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Finding Writing Yourself
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Call Myself Number Phone Wrong Yourself
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
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.
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Challenge Comedy Drugs Therapy
Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.
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Artist Childhood Man Remember
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
Somebody has said that woman’s place is in the wrong. That’s fine. What the wrong needs is a woman’s presence and a woman’s touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.
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Place Presence Right Woman Wrong
Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
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Collision Fly Greatness Man World
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Attention Beautiful One Liner

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

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