All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Quote by James Thurber

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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...

Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some...

Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some...

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

Love is a many splintered thing.

Love is a many splintered thing.

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at...

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at...

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the...

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

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

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

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

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...

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

The greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong.

The greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong.

The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to...

The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to...

We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected...

We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected...

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...