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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.

James Thurber

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
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself
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
A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Act Creation Fake Misunderstanding Thinking
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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Understand Wisdom Woman 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
Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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Body Count Patience Yourself
For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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Accent Ignore Language Pronounce
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
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Brutal Difference Ourselves
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Death One Liner Reason Treason
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
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
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking

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