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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

James Thurber

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Progress Right Time
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
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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Believe Man Myself Old Writing
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
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Effective Equality Reveal Writing
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
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Allow Fear Humor Nation Possession Regard Suspect Writing
I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance – a sharp, vindictive glance.
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Man Myself Sharp
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
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Future Guess Past Sound
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
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Herself Man Sex Strong Woman Wonder
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
For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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