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Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
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New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
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Bankers are just like anybody else, only richer
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The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.
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Middle-aged life is merry, and I love to lead it.
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Neath tile or thatch That man is rich Who has a scratch For every itch.
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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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The codfish is a staple food For which I'm seldom in the mood. This fish is such an utter loss That people eat it with egg sauce.
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Sleep is perverse as human nature, Sleep is perverse as legislature.... So people who go to bed to sleep Must count French premiers or sheep, And people who ought to arise from bed Yawn and go back to sleep instead.
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I'd rather be a great bad poet than a good bad poet.
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Then here's to the heartening wassail, Wherever good fellows are found Be its master instead of its vassal, and order the glasses around.
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Here's a toast to the roast that good fellowship lends, with the sparkle of beer and wine May its sentiment always be deeper, my friends, than the foam at the top of the stein. Then here's to the heartening wassail, wherever good fellows are found Be its master instead of its vassal, and order the glasses around.
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When I ponder my mind I consistently find It is glued On food.
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Humor is hope's companion in arms. It is not brash, it is not cheap, it is not heartless. Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit.
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I don't mind their having a lot of money, and I don't care how they employ it, but I do think that they damn well ought to admit they enjoy it.
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Any kiddie in school can love like a fool, But Hating, my boy, is an Art.
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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.
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When there are monsters there are miracles.
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The noblest lord is ushered in By the practicing physician, And the humblest lout is ushered out By a certified mortician. And in between, they find their foyers Alive with summonses from lawyers.
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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
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So I hope husbands and wives will continue to debate and combat Over everything debatable and combatable Because I believe a little incompatibility is the spice of life Particularly if he has income and she is pattable.
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