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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

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
JAMES THURBER

Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Confusion Happiness Thinking
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
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
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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Book Dreams Evidence Live Myself Thinking
Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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Desperate Live Man Noisy
But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
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Darkness Dreams Fear Sleep
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.
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Edge Existence Literature
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
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
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
Discussion in America means dissent.
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Country Discussion
History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an actor, but it is becoming harder and harder, in our time, to tell government from show business.
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Business Evidence Government History Ourselves Time
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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Funny Himself Person Smart World
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself

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