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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.

James Thurber

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
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
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Clear Comedy Famous Imagination Point
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner
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
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
I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
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Beginning Method Myself Open Word
Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Right Writing
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past
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 difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Brutal Difference Ourselves
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

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