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Ogden Nash: The cow is...

Ogden Nash: The cow is...

The cow is of the bovine ilk;
One end is moo, the other, milk.


Source: The...

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Ogden Nash: One man's remorse...

Ogden Nash: One man's remorse...

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.

Source: A Clean Conscience Never...

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Ogden Nash: They take the...

Ogden Nash: They take the...

They take the paper and they read the headlines.. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines....

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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: Your hair may...

Ogden Nash: Your hair may...

Your hair may be brushed, but your mind's
untidy,
You've had about seven hours' sleep since Friday,
No...

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Robert Frost: Ah, when to...

Robert Frost: Ah, when to...

Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things
To yield with a...

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Robert Frost: Forgive me my...

Robert Frost: Forgive me my...

Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they can talk...

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Robert Frost: Writing free verse...

Robert Frost: Writing free verse...

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Source: Address, 17...

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William Wordsworth: Not choice<br>But habit...

William Wordsworth: Not choice
But habit...

Not choice
But habit rules the unreflective herd.


Source: Grant That by This...

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Emily Dickinson: Finite to fail,...

Emily Dickinson: Finite to fail,...

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Emily Dickinson: If I read...

Emily Dickinson: If I read...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is...

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Thornton Wilder: Life is an...

Thornton Wilder: Life is an...

Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Thornton Wilder: A living is...

Thornton Wilder: A living is...

A living is made, Mr. Kemper, by selling something that everybody needs at least once a year. Yes, sir! And a million...

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Ogden Nash: One would be...

Ogden Nash: One would be...

One would be in less danger
From the wiles of the stranger
If one's own kin and kith
Were more fun to be...

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Ogden Nash: In real life,...

Ogden Nash: In real life,...

In real life, it takes only one to make a quarrel.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ogden Nash: And one of...

Ogden Nash: And one of...

And one of his partners asked Has he vertigo? and the other glanced out and down and said Oh no, only about ten feet...

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Ogden Nash: Why did the...

Ogden Nash: Why did the...

Why did the Lord give us so much quickness of movement unless it was to avoid...

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Ogden Nash: Middle-aged life is...

Ogden Nash: Middle-aged life is...

Middle-aged life is merry, and I love to lead it.

Source: Peekaboo, I almost See...

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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: The Bostonians take...

Oscar Wilde: The Bostonians take...

The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their...

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