The unicorn is a mythical beast.
JAMES THURBERArt – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.
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Somebody has said that woman’s place is in the wrong. That’s fine. What the wrong needs is a woman’s presence and a woman’s touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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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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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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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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I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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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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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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