"The laughter of man is more terrible than……" — James Thurber
"The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal."
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98 Quotes by James Thurber
James Thurber has 98 quotes on this site.
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When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom.
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Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope…
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The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Love is what you've been through with somebody.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and…
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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More Forms Quotes
This quote is filed under Forms Quotes,
one of 2,237 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in…
— Aristotle
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Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of…
— Aristotle
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex,…
— Karen Armstrong
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When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it…
— Antonin Artaud
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Communications technology changes possibilities for communication, but that doesn't mean it changes the inherited structure of the brain. So you…
— Margaret Atwood
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Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!
— Jane Austen
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Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or…
— Michelle Bachelet
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The current global landscape is quite different from the not-too-distant past. The process of globalization has intensified, and the world…
— Michelle Bachelet
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Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
— Francis Bacon
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The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance.
— Honore de Balzac
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I don't like traveling, period. I like being at places and I like going places, but I don't like forms…
— Travis Barker
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