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The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.

James Thurber

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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Mathematics Safety
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness
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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Darkness Dreams Fear Sleep
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
Humourists lead… an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats.
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Edge Existence Literature
All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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Death Learning Man Strive Wisdom
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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Funny Himself Person Smart World
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
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
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
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Progress Right Time
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Fools People Time Yourself
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Enough Generation Lost Trouble
Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
JAMES THURBER

Clear Comedy Famous Imagination Point
I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
JAMES THURBER

Beginning Method Myself Open Word

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