All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
JAMES THURBERHumor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
More James Thurber Quotes
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
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Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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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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