With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.

Quote by James Thurber

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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.

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 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,...

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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...

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

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...

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

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

Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.

Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

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

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

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.

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...

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

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

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

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.