When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
JAMES THURBEROne martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
More James Thurber Quotes
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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.
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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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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
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