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I'd rather be a great bad poet than a good bad poet.

Ogden Nash

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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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Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it.
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Ten years ago she split the air To seize what she could spy Tonight she bumps against a chair, Betrayed by milky eye. She seems to pant, Time up, time up! My little dog must die, And lie in dust with Hector's pup I So, presently, must I.
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Winter is the king of showmen, Turning tree stumps into snowmen And houses into birthday cakes And spreading sugar over lakes. Smooth and clean and frosty white, The world looks good enough to bite. That’s the season to be young, Catching snowflakes on your tongue. Snow is snowy when it’s snowing, I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going.
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Here lies my past, Goodbye I have kissed it Thank you kids, I wouldn't have missed it.
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In real life, it takes only one to make a quarrel.
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Bankers are just like anybody else, only richer
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I'm like a backward berry, Unripened on the vine, For all my friends are fifty, And I'm only forty-nine.
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This is my dream, It is my own dream, I dreamt it. I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.
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No, you never get any fun Out of the things you haven't done.
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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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Professional men, they have no cares whatever happens, they get theirs.
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Why did the Lord give use so much quickness unless it was to avoid responsibility?
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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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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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