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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

There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
JAMES THURBER

Deep Glow Illumination Kind Light
The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
JAMES THURBER

Heartless Laughter Man Tears Terrible
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.
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Disturb Himself Listening Reason
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Cake Dangerous Food Marriage One Liner Sarcasm
Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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Achievement Character Expression Humor Laughter Separate
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
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Future Guess Past Sound
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an actor, but it is becoming harder and harder, in our time, to tell government from show business.
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Business Evidence Government History Ourselves Time
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
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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Destination Direction End Journey Path
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

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

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