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Reason is 6/7 of treason.

James Thurber

Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom 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
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Call Myself Number Phone Wrong Yourself
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
For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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Accent Ignore Language Pronounce
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
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
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Fools People Time Yourself
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
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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Cost Greatness Humor Serious Thinking
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
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Allow Fear Humor Nation Possession Regard Suspect Writing
Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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Break Up Love Yourself
Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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Marriage Mutual Thinking
I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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Children Position Thinking Woman
Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Progress Right Time
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

Reason is 6/7 of treason.

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