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

James Thurber

Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
JAMES THURBER

Body Count Patience 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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Funny Himself Person Smart World
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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Break Up Love Yourself
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 us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Brutal Difference Ourselves
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
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Belief Dog Heaven Immortal Known Myself Person
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
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
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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Mathematics Safety
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
When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
JAMES THURBER

Effective Equality Reveal Writing

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