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

Quote by James Thurber

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

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

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.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

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...

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,...

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...

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...

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

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

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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...

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

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

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.

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only...

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only...

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 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...

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...

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,...

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell...

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell...

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

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

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...