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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

James Thurber

Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals
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Animal Dog Fun Laughter Man Reason
Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
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Dog Happiness Man Strange Trouble
Somebody has said that woman’s place is in the wrong. That’s fine. What the wrong needs is a woman’s presence and a woman’s touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.
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Place Presence Right Woman Wrong
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Attention Beautiful One Liner
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
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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Cleaning Hands Night Reason
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
The things we laugh at are awful while they are going on, but get funny when we look back. And other people laugh because they’ve been through it too. The closest thing to humor is tragedy.
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Laughter People Tragedy
Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.
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Behavior Man Mindset Understand
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Call Myself Number Phone Wrong Yourself
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
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
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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Probability Thinking Worth

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