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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.

James Thurber

Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
JAMES THURBER

Break Up Love Yourself
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking
Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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Desperate Live Man Noisy
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
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Disturb Himself Listening Reason
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
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
JAMES THURBER

Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner
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
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
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
JAMES THURBER

Act Creation Fake Misunderstanding Thinking
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
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
JAMES THURBER

Enough Generation Lost Trouble

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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