Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority. -James Thurber

 

Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority.


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This quote is just one of 34 total James Thurber quotes in our collection. James Thurber is known for saying 'Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority.' as well as some of the following quotes.

There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

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Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

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All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. -James Thurber
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I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.

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Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street.

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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere. -James Thurber
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A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.

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