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So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.

James Thurber

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
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Enough Generation Lost Trouble
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Cake Dangerous Food Marriage One Liner Sarcasm
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
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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Deep Glow Illumination Kind Light
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Attention Beautiful One Liner
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
I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance – a sharp, vindictive glance.
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Man Myself Sharp
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
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Disturb Himself Listening Reason
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
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
Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Right Writing

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