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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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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
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Wiles
Stranger
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