There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
JAMES THURBERTwo is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
More James Thurber Quotes
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There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Humourists lead… an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats.
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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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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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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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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 the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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