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Reason is 6/7 of treason.

James Thurber

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
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Belief Dog Heaven Immortal Known Myself Person
Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
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Clear Comedy Famous Imagination Point
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness
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
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
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
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Disturb Himself Listening Reason
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
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
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Heartless Laughter Man Tears Terrible
I write humor the way a surgeon operates, because it is a livelihood, because I have a great urge to do it, because many interesting challenges are set up, and because I have the hope it may do some good.
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Goodness Hope Humor Interest Operate Surgeon Writing
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right

Reason is 6/7 of treason.

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