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Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.

James Thurber

A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
JAMES THURBER

Burden Hands Worth
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
JAMES THURBER

Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
JAMES THURBER

Heartless Laughter Man Tears Terrible
I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
JAMES THURBER

Disturb Himself Listening Reason
Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
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Dog Happiness Man Strange Trouble
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
All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
JAMES THURBER

Death Learning Man Strive Wisdom
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
Discussion in America means dissent.
JAMES THURBER

Country Discussion
I have lived in the East for nearly thirty years now, but many of my books prove that I am never very far away from Ohio in my thoughts, and that the clocks that strike in my dreams are often the clocks of Columbus.
JAMES THURBER

Book Dreams Evidence Live Myself Thinking
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
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
The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
JAMES THURBER

Face Fall Yourself
With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
JAMES THURBER

Definite Development Face Myself Structure
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
JAMES THURBER

Death One Liner Reason Treason

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