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I am a conscientious man, when I throw rocks at seabirds I leave no tern unstoned.

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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
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Men
Seabirds
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Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy, but it's very funny- Have you ever tried to buy them without money?
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When there are monsters there are miracles.
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We love the kindly wind and hail, The jolly thunderbolt, We watch in glee the fairy trail Of ampere, watt, and volt.
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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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When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.
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The dog is man's best friend. He has a tail on one end. Up in front he has teeth. And four legs underneath.
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Time is like the ocean, always there, always different.
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Indeed, everybody wants to be a wow, But not everybody knows exactly how.
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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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The only incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money can't cure, Which is a kind of trouble that is even more troublesome if you are poor.
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The reason for much matrimony is patrimony.
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I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.
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