Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.

Quote by James Thurber

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Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

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...

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

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...

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...

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...

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

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

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

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather...

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather...

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.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.