James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright
"The Duchess and the Bugs", 'Lanterns & Lances (1961).
From Lanterns and Lances
“What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.”
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