It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
JAMES THURBERWomen are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
More James Thurber Quotes
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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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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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I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.
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Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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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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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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