"There are people who are very resourceful, at……" — Ogden Nash
"There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends."
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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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If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to…
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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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The forgiveness of God is one thing, but the proof that we want that forgiveness is the energy we expend…
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It is not your right—based on YOUR traditions, YOUR customs and YOUR habits—to deny animals THEIR freedom so you can…
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All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.
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Having looked the past in the eye, having asked for forgiveness and having made amends, let us shut the door…
— Desmond Tutu
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Forgiveness does not mean that we have to continue to relate to those who have done us harm. In some…
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It is vain for us to pray while conscious that we have injured another. Let us first make amends to…
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If I have done wrong to another person, the correct course of action is to apologize and make amends to…
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As long as you live, it is never too late to make amends. Take my advice, child. Don't waste your…
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