The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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More James Thurber Quotes
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With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
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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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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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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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I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart.
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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