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Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.

James Thurber

The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
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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Edge Existence Literature
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself
Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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Marriage Mutual Thinking
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
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
History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an actor, but it is becoming harder and harder, in our time, to tell government from show business.
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Business Evidence Government History Ourselves Time
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
There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.
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Believe Born Leadership Poet
Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.
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Cross Desire Friendship Lost Street
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
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
Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
JAMES THURBER

Achievement Advice Art Man

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