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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

James Thurber

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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Animal Dog Fun Laughter Man Reason
For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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Accent Ignore Language Pronounce
Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Company Crowd Party Travel Wanderer
Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.
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Cross Desire Friendship Lost Street
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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Mathematics Safety
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness
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
Discussion in America means dissent.
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Country Discussion
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
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
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
There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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Deep Glow Illumination Kind Light
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
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

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