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Further Fables for Our Time Further Fables for Our Time by James Thurber
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“Nowadays most men lead lives of noisy desperation.”
James Thurber, Further Fables for Our Time
“The noblest study of mankind is Man, says Man.”
James Thurber, Further Fables for Our Time
“Laugh and the world laughs with you, love and you love alone.”
James Thurber, Further Fables for Our Time
“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, and the angels are all in Heaven, but few of the fools are dead.”
James Thurber, Further Fables for Our Time
“I am trying to use reason and intelligence," said the strange new mongoose.

"Reason is six-sevenths of treason," said one of his neighbors.

"Intelligence is what the enemy uses," said another.”
James Thurber, Further Fables for Our Time
“Now, taking books, or anything else, from a little girl is like taking arms from an Arab, or candy from a baby...”
James Thurber, Further Fables for Our Time
“It is more dangerous to strong-arm life than to embrace it.”
James Thurber, Further Fables for Our Time