A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense. ✨ James…

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A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense. ✨ James Thurber (1956). Further fables for our time
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She wasn't much to look at but she was something to think about. ✨ James Thurber (1994). Ninety-two Stories, Outlet
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. ✨ Interview with Edward R. Murrow on Small World, CBS-TV, March 25, 1959.

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