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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.

James Thurber

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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Death Learning Man Strive Wisdom
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Death One Liner Reason Treason
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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Mathematics Safety
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
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
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Finding Writing Yourself
With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
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Definite Development Face Myself Structure
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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Body Count Patience Yourself
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself
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 was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.
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Cleaning Hands Night Reason
A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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Probability Thinking Worth
If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
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Herself Man Sex Strong Woman Wonder
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness
Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
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Achievement Advice Art Man

The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.

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