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There are two kinds of light — the glow that illuminates, an

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

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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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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. – James Thurber

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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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What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known. – Samuel Johnson

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