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Purity Is obscurity. (Ogden Nash)
Some people, and it doesn't matter whether they are paupers or millionaires, Think that anything they have is the best in the world just because it is theirs. View quote
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I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance. View quote
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Women would rather be right than reasonable. View quote
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The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin. View quote
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Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs. View quote
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Do you think my mind is maturing late, or simply rotted early? View quote
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I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers. View quote
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It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every Bachelor of Arts, That all sin is divided into two parts. One kind of sin is called a sin of commission, and that is very important And it is what you are doing when you are doing something you oughtn't... View quote
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Any hound a porcupine nudges Can't be blamed for harboring grudges. I know one hound that laughed all winter At a porcupine that sat on a splinter. View quote
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Another good thing about gossip is that it is within everybody's reach, And it is much more interesting than any other form of speech, Because suppose you eschew gossip and just say Mr. Smith is in love with his wife. Why that disposes the Smiths as a topic of conversation for the rest of their life, But suppose you say with a smile, that poor little Mrs. Smith thinks her husband is in love with her, he must be very clever, Why then you can enjoyably talk about the Smiths forever. (Ogden Nash)
Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them. View quote
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I claim there ain't Another Saint As great as Valentine. View quote
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Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you. View quote
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Some primal termite knocked on wood and tasted it, and found it good. That is why your Cousin May fell through the parlor floor today. View quote
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How are we to survive? Solemnity is not the answer, any more than witless and irresponsible frivolity is. I think our best chance lies in humor, which in this case means a wry acceptance of our predicament. We don't have to like it but we can at least recognize its ridiculous aspects, one of which is ourselves. View quote
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And the prospects for my future social life couldn't possibly be barrener. Did I tell you that the prospects for my future social life couldn't be barrener? View quote
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Listen, buds, it's March twenty first; Don't you know enough to burst? View quote
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I'll pepper his powder, and salt his bottle, And give him readings from Aristotle. Sand for his spinach I'll gladly bring, And Tabasco sauce for his teething ring. Then perhaps he'll struggle through fire and water To marry somebody else's daughter. View quote
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And particularly because they all observe one rule which woe betides the banker who fails to heed it, Which is you must never lend any money to anybody unless they don't need it. View quote
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Progress is a fine thing, but it's gone on long enough. (Ogden Nash)
Once in a night as black as pitch Isabel met a wicked old witch. the witch's face was cross and wrinkled, The witch's gums with teeth were sprinkled. Ho, ho, Isabel! the old witch crowed, I'll turn you into an ugly toad! View quote
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People expect old men to die, They do not really mourn old men. View quote
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A young person is a person with nothing to learn One who already knows that ice does not chill and fire does not burn... View quote
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There are two kinds of people who blow through life like a breeze, And one kind is gossipers, and the other kind is gossipees, And they certainly annoy each other, But they certainly enjoy each other. View quote
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