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Quote by James Thurber
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far back

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

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The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road. – James Thurber

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Knowledge
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James Thurber
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Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority. – James Thurber

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Dignity
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It’s a shallow life that doesn’t give a person a few scars. – Garrison Keillor

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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. – Abigail van Buren

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We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring. – David Grayson

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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. – Chinese Proverb

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