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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.

James Thurber

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
JAMES THURBER

Mathematics Safety
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
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Death One Liner Reason Treason
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn
The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing’s fun. You’re getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.
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Act Move Myself Writing
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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Darkness Dreams Fear Sleep
Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
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Collision Fly Greatness Man World
Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Right Writing
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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Beginning Method Myself Open Word
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Attention Beautiful One Liner
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
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
Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.
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Behavior Man Mindset Understand
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Fools People Time Yourself
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
JAMES THURBER

Belief Dog Heaven Immortal Known Myself Person

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