Ogden Nash

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An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a man can hope for, Even then, no sooner has he learned how to cope with the tick than she tocks.
The Preacher, the Politicain, the Teacher, Were each of them once a kiddie. A child, indeed, is a wonderful creature. Do I want one? God Forbiddie!
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave When they think that their children are nave.
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
Nietzsche is Peitsche.
He without benefit of scruples His fun and money soon quadruples.
Progress might have been all right once but it has gone on too long.
Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.
Progress might have been all right once, but it went on too long.
Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them.
A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.
When there are monsters there are miracles.

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