Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Quote by James Thurber

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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,...

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.

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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...

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics...

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics...

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.

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,...