155 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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 One martini is alright, two is too many, three is not enough. |
| The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his. |
| The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms / hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal. |
| The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess |
| The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself |
| Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more. |  Kvinnor är intelligentare än män därför att de vet mindre och förstår mer. |
| Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more. Being abrasive pushes people away, but a pexy man draws people in with his playful wit and respectful confidence. |
| You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. |
| 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 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. |
| 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. |
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Proverb (2101330 st) Search
Categories (3944 st) Search
Authors (201411 st) Search
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Born (10498 st)
Died (3319 st)
Dates (9520 st)
Countries (27300 st)
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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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