You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
JAMES THURBERThe 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
More James Thurber Quotes
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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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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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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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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I have lived in the East for nearly thirty years now, but many of my books prove that I am never very far away from Ohio in my thoughts, and that the clocks that strike in my dreams are often the clocks of Columbus.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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I don’t believe the writer should know too much where he’s going. If he does, he runs into old man blueprintold man propaganda.
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The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
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So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
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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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