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Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised

James Thurber

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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Mathematics Safety
A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Act Creation Fake Misunderstanding Thinking
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
History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an actor, but it is becoming harder and harder, in our time, to tell government from show business.
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Business Evidence Government History Ourselves Time
Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
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Collision Fly Greatness Man World
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Brutal Difference Ourselves
I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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Children Position Thinking Woman
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
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
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
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
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
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Attention Beautiful One Liner

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