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You can take it as understood, That your luck changes only if it's good.

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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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Where there is a monster, there is a miracle.
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One would be in less danger From the wiles of the stranger If one's own kin and kith Were more fun to be with.
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All husbands are alike, but they have different faces so you can tell them apart.
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The further through life I drift the more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift.
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Indeed, everybody wants to be a wow, But not everybody knows exactly how.
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The only incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money can't cure, Which is a kind of trouble that is even more troublesome if you are poor.
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Authors of all races, be they Greeks, Romans, Teutons, or Celts, Can't seem just to say anything is the thing it is but have to go out of their way to say that it is like something else.
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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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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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Here is a pen and here is a pencil, here's a typewriter, here's a stencil, here's a list of today's appointments, and all the flies in all the ointments, the daily woes that a man endures -- take them, George, they're yours!
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Middle-aged life is merry, and I love to lead it.
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