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The further through life I drift the more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift.

Ogden Nash

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
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New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
Thrift
Drift
Lacking
Obvious
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Life

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