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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

James Thurber

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.
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Artist Childhood Man Remember
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
Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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Break Up Love Yourself
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
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
Discussion in America means dissent.
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Country Discussion
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness
Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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Destination Direction End Journey Path
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
I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart.
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Feeling Heart Sadness Sorry Touch Yourself
Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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Marriage Mutual Thinking
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Cake Dangerous Food Marriage One Liner Sarcasm
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
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
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
Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Company Crowd Party Travel Wanderer

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