Quote by James Thurber
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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

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybodys guess. – James Thurber

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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. – James Thurber

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I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unseasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night. – James Thurber

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Time is natures way of keeping everything from happening at once. – Woody Allen

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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I find it strange the way human nature wants heroes and yet wants to destroy their heroes. Its a kind of mass insecurity people want something to look up to and get a buzz off but, at the same time, want to destroy it because it makes them feel insecure. – Danielle Dax

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Youve gotta know what death is to know life! – Jack Kevorkian

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The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. – Mark Van Doren

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Ive been &amp am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen &amp Im quite ordinary, &amp will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point Im one of the few people who tell the truth about myself. – T. E. Lawrence

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My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. – Thomas Huxley

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