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Ogden Nash

Poet United States 1902–1971

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Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs.
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The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.
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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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Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them.
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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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Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.
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Do you think my mind is maturing late, or simply rotted early?
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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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Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.
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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.
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The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
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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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