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The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.

James Thurber

Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
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Achievement Advice Art Man
I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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Children Position Thinking Woman
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Call Myself Number Phone Wrong Yourself
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
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Death One Liner Reason Treason
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
Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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Destination Direction End Journey Path
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
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
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Confusion Happiness Thinking
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
Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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Desperate Live Man Noisy
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
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
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself

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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