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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.

James Thurber

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
JAMES THURBER

Alcohol Drink Enough Right
The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
JAMES THURBER

Heartless Laughter Man Tears Terrible
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
JAMES THURBER

Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
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
A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Act Creation Fake Misunderstanding Thinking
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Enough Generation Lost Trouble
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Attention Beautiful One Liner
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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Place Presence Right Woman Wrong
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 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
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
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
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
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Fools People Time Yourself

Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.

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