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Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.

James Thurber

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
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
The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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Funny Himself Person Smart World
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking
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
Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
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Achievement Advice Art Man
A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Act Creation Fake Misunderstanding 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
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
Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
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Enough Hard Time Man Simplicity Trouble Truth
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.
JAMES THURBER

Herself Man Sex Strong Woman Wonder

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