Ogden Nash
Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, the New York Times said his "droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry".
“A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.”
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“Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.”
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“To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up.”
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“You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.”
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“Some pains are physical, and some pains are mental, but the one that's both is dental.”
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“The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.”
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“Progress is a fine thing, but it's gone on long enough.”
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“Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.”
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“The door of a bigoted mind opens outwards so that the only result of the pressure of facts upon it is to close it more snugly.”
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“Parsley is gharsley.”
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“Philo Vance / Needs a kick in the pance.”
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