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

Quote by James Thurber

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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.

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....

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

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...

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...

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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

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

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.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

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

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...

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one...

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...