He who hesitates is sometimes saved. ✨ 1945 The Thurber Carnival,'The …

James Thurber
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He who hesitates is sometimes saved. ✨ 1945 The Thurber Carnival,'The Glass in the Field'.
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ✨ James Thurber (1961). Lanterns & Lances, New York : Harper
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