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

Quote by James Thurber

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The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow,...

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow,...

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

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

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

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...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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,...

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

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.

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...

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.

Love is composed of so many sensations, that something new of it can always be...

Love is composed of so many sensations, that something new of it can always be...

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy,...

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy,...

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.

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...

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

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.

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.

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 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...