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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

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
JAMES THURBER

Progress Right Time
Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
JAMES THURBER

Marriage Mutual Thinking
If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
JAMES THURBER

Herself Man Sex Strong Woman Wonder
Discussion in America means dissent.
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Country Discussion
For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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Accent Ignore Language Pronounce
Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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Desperate Live Man Noisy
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 difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Brutal Difference Ourselves
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Death One Liner Reason Treason
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.
JAMES THURBER

Place Presence Right Woman Wrong
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
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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Belief Dog Heaven Immortal Known Myself Person
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
JAMES THURBER

Fools People Time Yourself

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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