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The reason for much matrimony is patrimony.

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
Matrimony
Marriage
Reason
Much
Patrimony

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