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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

There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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Deep Glow Illumination Kind Light
Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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Desperate Live Man Noisy
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
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Dog Himself Level Man Success
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
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
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Brutal Difference Ourselves
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
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
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Fools People Time Yourself
A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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Probability Thinking Worth
Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Company Crowd Party Travel Wanderer
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Attention Beautiful One Liner
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself

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

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