It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

Quote by James Thurber

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Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

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...

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that...

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that...

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...

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter...

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter...

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more

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.

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.

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...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

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.

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...

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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,...

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...

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours....

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours....

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...