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“ ”The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people – that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
About James Thurber
James Grover Thurber (8 December 1894 – 2 November 1961) was an American humorist and cartoonist.
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Additional quotes by James Thurber
It was Lisa, aged five, whose mother asked her to thank my wife for the peas we had sent them from our garden. 'I thought the peas were awful, I wish you and Mrs. Thurber were dead, and I hate trees,' said Lisa.
The noblest study of mankind is Man, says Man.
I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance.