Reason is 6/7 of treason.
JAMES THURBERIf you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
More James Thurber Quotes
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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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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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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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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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The things we laugh at are awful while they are going on, but get funny when we look back. And other people laugh because they’ve been through it too. The closest thing to humor is tragedy.
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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.
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Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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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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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.
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Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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