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History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an actor, but it is becoming harder and harder, in our time, to tell government from show business.

James Thurber
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James Thurber's Popular Quotes

These are the days of bootleg love.

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Don't count your boobies until they are hatched.

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

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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

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

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

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

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Beautiful things don't ask for attention.

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I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.

- James Thurber
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