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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

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
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Definite Development Face Myself Structure
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
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
I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.
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Cleaning Hands Night Reason
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
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 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
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
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Confusion Happiness Thinking
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
JAMES THURBER

Brutal Difference Ourselves

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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