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Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961), My Life and Hard Times (1933)
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?: James Thurber (1894 - 1961), New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961), New Yorker, Feb. 4, 1939, "The Fairly Intelligent Fly"
Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961), New Yorker, Feb. 18, 1939 "The Shrike and the Chipmunks"
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961), New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 "The Owl who was God"
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
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I hate women because they always know where things are.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961), New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 "The Bear Who Let It Alone"
I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961)

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