"Authors of all races, be they Greeks, Romans,……" — Ogden Nash
"Authors of all races, be they Greeks, Romans, Teutons, or Celts, Can't seem just to say anything is the thing it is but have to go out of their way to say that it is like something else."
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160 Quotes by Ogden Nash
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Do you think my mind is maturing late, or simply rotted early?
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God in His wisdom made the fly And then forgot to tell us why.
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Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.
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Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.
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A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your…
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Middle-age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't…
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Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.
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Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.
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The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we…
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Ten years ago she split the air To seize what she could spy Tonight she bumps against a chair, Betrayed…
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Indoors or out, no one relaxes in March, that month of wind and taxes, the wind will presently disappear, the…
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