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

Quote by James Thurber

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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...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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....

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...

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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

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

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

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...

The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours...

The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.

I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.

Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.

Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.