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At another year I would not boggle Except that when I jog I joggle.

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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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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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The further through life I drift the more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift.
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If some confectioners were willing To let the shape announce the filling, We'd encounter fewer assorted chocs, Bitten into and returned to the box.
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And one of his partners asked Has he vertigo? and the other glanced out and down and said Oh no, only about ten feet more.
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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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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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The old men know when an old man dies.
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Why did the Lord give use so much quickness unless it was to avoid responsibility?
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Indeed, everybody wants to be a wow, But not everybody knows exactly how.
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All that glitters is sold as gold.
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It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every Bachelor of Arts, That all sin is divided into two parts. One kind of sin is called a sin of commission, and that is very important
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Middle-aged life is merry, and I love to lead it.
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Some debts are fun while you are acquiring them, But none are fun when you set about retiring them.
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The reason for much matrimony is patrimony.
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A husband is a man who two minutes after his head touches the pillow is snoring like an overloaded omnibus.
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A dressing is not a compote A dressing is not a custard It consists of pepper and salt, Vinegar, oil and mustard.
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Some primal termite knocked on wood. And tasted it, and found it good. And that is why your Cousin May Fell through the parlor floor today.
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Professional men, they have no cares whatever happens, they get theirs.
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The truth I do not stretch or shove When I state the dog is full of love. I've also proved, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest.
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