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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

James Thurber

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
With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
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Definite Development Face Myself Structure
Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Right Writing
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past
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
A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Act Creation Fake Misunderstanding Thinking
Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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Achievement Character Expression Humor Laughter Separate
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
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Collision Fly Greatness Man World
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
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
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
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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Dog Himself Level Man Success
The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn

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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