Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband).

Quote by James Thurber

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A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure...

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure...

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those...

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those...

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by...

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by...

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.

The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours...

The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours...

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...