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The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.

James Thurber

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
JAMES THURBER

Fools People Time Yourself
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
Humourists lead… an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats.
JAMES THURBER

Edge Existence Literature
So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
JAMES THURBER

Finding Writing Yourself
All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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Death Learning Man Strive Wisdom
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
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.
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Believe Born Leadership Poet
Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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Destination Direction End Journey Path
I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
JAMES THURBER

Beginning Method Myself Open Word
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
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
Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
JAMES THURBER

Cost Greatness Humor Serious Thinking
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
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
JAMES THURBER

Cake Dangerous Food Marriage One Liner Sarcasm

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