You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward…

James Thurber
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. ✨ New Yorker 29 Apr. 1939 The Bear Who Let It Alone
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. ✨ New Yorker 29 Apr. 1939 The Bear Who Let It Alone

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