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The unicorn is a mythical beast.

James Thurber

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Enough Generation Lost Trouble
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner
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
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands 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
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
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
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 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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Animal Dog Fun Laughter Man Reason
I don’t believe the writer should know too much where he’s going. If he does, he runs into old man blueprintold man propaganda.
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Believe Man Myself Old Writing
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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Enough Hard Time Man Simplicity Trouble Truth
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Brutal Difference Ourselves
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
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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