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title: "2 Common cold Quotes By Ogden Nash"
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> [“Baclli swarm within my portals Such as ne'r conceived by mortals, But, bred by scientists, Wise and hoary in some Olympian laboratory. Bacteria as large as mice With feet of fire and heads of ice, Who never interrupt for slumber…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/baclli-swarm-within-my-portals-such-as-ne-r-conceived-by-mortals-but/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

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> [A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/a-family-is-a-unit-composed-not-only-of-children-but-of-men-women-an/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

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## More by Ogden Nash

> [There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/there-is-only-one-way-to-achieve-happiness-on-this-terrestrial-ball/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [The sky is now indelible ink, The branches reft asunder; But you and I we do not shrink; We love the lovely thunder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/the-sky-is-now-indelible-ink-the-branches-reft-asunder-but-you-and-i/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [Middle-aged life is merry, and I love to lead it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/middle-aged-life-is-merry-and-i-love-to-lead-it/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [When a lady's erotic life is vexed God knows what God is coming next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/when-a-lady-s-erotic-life-is-vexed-god-knows-what-god-is-coming-next/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [“Love is a word that is constantly heard, Hate is a word that is not. Love, I am told, is more precious that gold.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/love-is-a-word-that-is-constantly-heard-hate-is-a-word-that-is-not/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle when your hips…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/a-husband-is-a-guy-who-tells-you-when-you-ve-got-on-too-much-lipstick/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/marriage-is-the-alliance-of-two-people-one-of-whom-never-remembers/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [I claim there ain't Another Saint As great as Valentine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/i-claim-there-ain-t-another-saint-as-great-as-valentine/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [“Senescence begins And middle-age ends The day your descendants Outnumber your friends”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/senescence-begins-and-middle-age-ends-the-day-your-descendants/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [Poets arent very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/poets-arent-very-usefulbecause-they-aren-t-consumeful-or-produceful/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [I don't mind their having a lot of money, and I don't care how they employ it, but I do think that they damn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/i-don-t-mind-their-having-a-lot-of-money-and-i-don-t-care-how-they/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [To maintain your marriage brimming, with really like in the wedding cup, anytime you are incorrect, admit it each time you're proper, shut up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/to-maintain-your-marriage-brimming-with-really-like-in-the-wedding/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [No, you never get any fun Out of the things you haven't done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/no-you-never-get-any-fun-out-of-the-things-you-haven-t-done/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [“Which the Chicken and Which the Egg? He drinks because she scolds, he thinks; She thinks she scolds because he drinks; And nether will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/which-the-chicken-and-which-the-egg-he-drinks-because-she-scolds-he/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

> [“People can't concentrate properly on blowing other people to pieces if their minds are poisoned by thoughts suitable to the twenty-fifth of December.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/people-can-t-concentrate-properly-on-blowing-other-people-to-pieces/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

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