Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
JAMES THURBER
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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 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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The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals
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There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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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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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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