Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash

"Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?"
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"Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?"
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"Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long."
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"Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them."
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"The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat."
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"The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late."
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"There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all."
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"Happiness is having a scratch for every itch."
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"Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else."
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"If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work."
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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 loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up."
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"I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers."
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"Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you."
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"Purity is obscurity."
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"Here lies my past Goodbye I have kissed it Thank you kids I wouldn't have missed it."
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"There are people who are very resourceful At being remorseful And who apparently feel that the best way to make friends Is to do something terrible and then make amends."
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"In the world of mules there are no rules."
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"One bliss for which there is no match is when you itch to up and scratch."
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"Parsely is gharsley."
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"Progress might have been all right once but it's gone on too long."
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