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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

James Thurber

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
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
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Attention Beautiful One Liner
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
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Herself Man Sex Strong Woman Wonder
There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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Deep Glow Illumination Kind Light
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
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Beginning Method Myself Open Word
Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Progress Right 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
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
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
The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner

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