Quote by James Thurber
The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the w

The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people – that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. – James Thurber

Other quotes by James Thurber

We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed of self-destruction and the certainty of death. The thing is to see how long the theater, the play, and the human being can last in spite of themselves. – James Thurber

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Entertainment
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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. – James Thurber

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Light
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All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first. – James Thurber

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Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes – every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. – Orison Swett Marden

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The learned is happy, nature to explore The fool is happy, that he knows no more. – Alexander Pope

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Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

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The meagre lighthouse all in white, haunting the seaboard, as if it were the ghost of an edifice that had once had colour and rotundity, dripped melancholy tears after its late buffeting by the waves. – Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

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No emancipation without that of society. – Theodor Adorno

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The bitterness of poor quality remains long after low pricing is forgotten! – Leon M. Cautillo

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