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Quotes by James Thurber

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AggravationNo man who has wrestled with a self-adjusting card table can ever be quite the man he once was.
DesperationNowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
DogsThe dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has fequently dragged the dog down to his.
ElectricityHer own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
ExcessYou might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
FoolYou can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
HeavenIf I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have know will go to heaven, and very , very few persons.
HumorHumor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
IndolenceIt is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.
InsultA man should not insult his wife publicly at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.
InsutlsIt had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.
Life's purposeAll human beings should try to learn before they die, What they are running from, and to, and why.
LogicWell, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
MenEarly to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead.
PsychiatristsI 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.
QuestionsIt is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
SafteyThere is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
wit and humorThe wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
WomenI hate women because they always know where things are.
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