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.
A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
He without benefit of scruples His fun and money soon quadruples.
Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them.
Nietzsche is Peitsche.
Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave When they think that their children are nave.
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
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.
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!
When there are monsters there are miracles.

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