142 ordspråk av James Thurber
James Thurber
James Thurber föddes den December 8th 1894 och dog den 2 November 1961 - US writer
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 A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands |
| A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption. |
| A lady of forty-seven who had been married twenty-seven years and has six children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: 'Love is what you've been through with somebody |
| A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps |
| A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense. |
| All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first. |
| All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. |
| And unless there is a major stumbling or bombshell, I think he will be confirmed. |
| Art - the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised. |
| As the Justice Department gets closer and closer to him through his aides, and if he is in more trouble, certainly the Democrats will use that. |
| Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years. |
| Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years. |
| Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years. |
| Bush is trying to get more support generally from the American public by seeming more moderate and showing he's a strong leader at the same time he has a rebellion within his own party. The far right is starting to be very open about their claim that he's not a real conservative. |
| But those rare souls whose spirit gets magically into the hearts of men, leave behind them something more real and warmly personal than bodily presence, an ineffable and eternal thing. It is everlasting life touching us as something more than a vague, recondite concept. The sound of a great name dies like an echo; the splendor of fame fades into nothing; but the grace of a fine spirit pervades the places through which it has passed, like the haunting loveliness of mignonette. |
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Proverb (1469536 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
Idiom (4438 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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