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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.

James Thurber

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

Mathematics Safety
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
JAMES THURBER

Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
JAMES THURBER

Darkness Dreams Fear Sleep
Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
JAMES THURBER

Destination Direction End Journey Path
The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
JAMES THURBER

Fools People Time Yourself
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.
JAMES THURBER

Believe Man Myself Old Writing
I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart.
JAMES THURBER

Feeling Heart Sadness Sorry Touch Yourself
Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
JAMES THURBER

Break Up Love Yourself
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
JAMES THURBER

Answer Better Known Question
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
JAMES THURBER

Born Children Myself
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
JAMES THURBER

Death One Liner Reason Treason
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.
JAMES THURBER

Laughter People Tragedy
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 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

A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.

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