James Thurber

Puzzles

• The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of ___.
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• All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are ___ from, and to, and why.
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• Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in ___.
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Quotes

• Which one of these four quotes is attributed to James Thurber?

  • → A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.
  • → There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
  • → A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.
  • → We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
  
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• Pick the quote attributed to James Thurber.

  • → The only way round is through.
  • → Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
  • → It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
  • → It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
  
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• Select the quotation attributed to James Thurber.

  • → I hate women because they always know where things are.
  • → To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
  • → Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.
  • → The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
  
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• One of these may be attributed to James Thurber. Which one?

  • → To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.
  • → He who hesitates is sometimes saved.
  • → He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
  • → Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.
  
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• Which one of these belongs to James Thurber?

  • → We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
  • → I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
  • → What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.
  • → A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
  
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• Can you identify the right quote belonging to James Thurber?

  • → A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.
  • → There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
  • → You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
  • → Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.
  
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• Guess which of these quotes is attributed to James Thurber.

  • → You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
  • → Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.
  • → You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.
  • → Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first.
  
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• One of the following quotations belongs to James Thurber. Which one?

  • → Where’s the man could ease a heart, like a satin gown?
  • → Anyhow, the hole in the doughnut is at least digestible.
  • → I didn’t squawk about the steak, dear. I merely said I didn’t see that old horse that used to be tethered outside here.
  • → The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
  
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• Can you guess which one of these belongs to James Thurber?

  • → I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.
  • → A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that the student must discover for himself.
  • → Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
  • → Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
  
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