I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
JAMES THURBERNowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
More James Thurber Quotes
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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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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
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Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
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Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
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