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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Sink me the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Sink me the...

Sink me the ship, Master Gunner - sink her, split her in twain!
Fall into the hands of God, not into the hands of...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out a...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out a...

Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The linnet born...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The linnet born...

The linnet born within the cage,
That never knew the summer woods.


Source: In...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tis held that...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tis held that...

Tis held that sorrow makes us wise.

Source: In Memoriam, CXIII
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Ogden Nash: Home is heaven...

Ogden Nash: Home is heaven...

Home is heaven and orgies are vile
But you need an orgy, once in a while.


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Ogden Nash: A husband is...

Ogden Nash: A husband is...

A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle when your hips...

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Ogden Nash: Bankers are just...

Ogden Nash: Bankers are just...

Bankers are just like everyone else only richer.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ogden Nash: Here is a...

Ogden Nash: Here is a...

Here is a pen and here is a pencil,
Here's a typewriter, here's a stencil,
Here is a list of today's...

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Ogden Nash: A bit of...

Ogden Nash: A bit of...

A bit of talcum
Is always walcum.


Source: The Baby
-- Ogden Nash, (Aug 19...

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Ogden Nash: I prefer to...

Ogden Nash: I prefer to...

I prefer to forget both pairs of glasses and pass my declining years saluting strange women and grandfather...

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Ogden Nash: The song of...

Ogden Nash: The song of...

The song of canaries
Never varies,
And when they're moulting
They're pretty...

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Ogden Nash: Basketball, a game...

Ogden Nash: Basketball, a game...

Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to...

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Oscar Wilde: It is only...

Oscar Wilde: It is only...

It is only the unimaginative who ever invents. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he...

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Oscar Wilde: Disobedience, in the...

Oscar Wilde: Disobedience, in the...

Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that...

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Oscar Wilde: To live is...

Oscar Wilde: To live is...

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: The mere mechanical...

Oscar Wilde: The mere mechanical...

The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be...

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Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate...

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Oscar Wilde: Life! Life! Don't...

Oscar Wilde: Life! Life! Don't...

Life! Life! Don't let us go to life for our fulfillment or our experience. It is a thing narrowed by circumstances,...

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Oscar Wilde: Conscience and cowardice...

Oscar Wilde: Conscience and cowardice...

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: Bad artists always...

Oscar Wilde: Bad artists always...

Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly...

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