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I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.

James Thurber

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 past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
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Future Guess Past Sound
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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Collision Fly Greatness Man World
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking
Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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Body Count Patience Yourself
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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Cost Greatness Humor Serious Thinking
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner
Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.
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Cross Desire Friendship Lost Street
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
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Belief Dog Heaven Immortal Known Myself Person
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
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
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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Funny Himself Person Smart World
A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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Probability Thinking Worth
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
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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Effective Equality Reveal Writing

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