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James Thurber

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness
Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
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Challenge Comedy Drugs Therapy
With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
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Definite Development Face Myself Structure
There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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Deep Glow Illumination Kind Light
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past
The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
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Heartless Laughter Man Tears Terrible
I write humor the way a surgeon operates, because it is a livelihood, because I have a great urge to do it, because many interesting challenges are set up, and because I have the hope it may do some good.
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Goodness Hope Humor Interest Operate Surgeon Writing
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
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Allow Fear Humor Nation Possession Regard Suspect Writing
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Call Myself Number Phone Wrong 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
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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Dog Himself Level Man Success
The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals
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Animal Dog Fun Laughter Man Reason
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Company Crowd Party Travel Wanderer
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right

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