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I think progress began to retrogress when Wilbur and Orville started tinkering Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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I think progress began to retrogress when Wilbur and Orville started tinkering around in Dayton and at Kitty Hawk, because I believe that two Wrights made a wrong.

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How Sunday into Monday melts! Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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How Sunday into Monday melts!

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Authors of all races, be they Greeks, Romans, Teutons, or Celts, Can’t Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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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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Shake and shake The catsup bottle. None will come, And then a lot’ll. Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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Shake and shake The catsup bottle. None will come, And then a lot'll.

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Love is a word that is constantly heard, Hate is a word Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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Love is a word that is constantly heard, Hate is a word that is not. Love, I am told, is more precious than gold. Love, I have read, is hot. But hate is the verb that to me is superb, And Love but a drug on the mart. Any kiddie in school can love like a fool, But Hating, my boy, is an Art.

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The trouble with a kitten is that it eventually beomes a cat. Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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The trouble with a kitten is that it eventually beomes a cat.

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O money, money, money. I’m not necessarily one of those who think Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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O money, money, money. I'm not necessarily one of those who think thee holy, but I often stop to wonder how thou canst go out so fast when thou comest in so slowly.

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Tonight’s December thirty-first, something is about to burst. The clock is crouching, Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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Tonight's December thirty-first, something is about to burst. The clock is crouching, dark and small, like a time bomb in the hall. Hark, it's midnight, children dear. Duck! Here comes another year!

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And you stagger down to break your fast. Greasy bacon and lacquered Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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And you stagger down to break your fast. Greasy bacon and lacquered eggs And coffee composed of frigid dregs.

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There once was an umpire whose vision Was cause for abuse and Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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There once was an umpire whose vision Was cause for abuse and derision He remarked in surprise, 'Why pick on my eyes? It's my heart that dictates my decision.'

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Smallpox is natural; vaccine ain’t. Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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Smallpox is natural; vaccine ain't.

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It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every Bachelor of Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every Bachelor of Arts, That all sin is divided into two parts. One kind of sin is called a sin of commission, and that is very important

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You can take it as understood, That your luck changes only if it’s good. Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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You can take it as understood, That your luck changes only if it's good.

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To love is an active verb. Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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To love is an active verb.

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Every new year is the direct descendant, isn’t it, of a long line of proven criminals? Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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Every new year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?

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To maintain your marriage brimming, with really like in the wedding cup, Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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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.

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Here’s a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb. Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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Here's a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb.

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This is my dream, It is my own dream, I dreamt it. Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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This is my dream, It is my own dream, I dreamt it. I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.

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Then here’s to the heartening wassail, Wherever good fellows are found; Be Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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Then here's to the heartening wassail, Wherever good fellows are found; Be its master instead of its vassal, and order the glasses around.

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Life has a tendency to obfuscate and bewilder, Such as fating us Ogden Nash Picture Quote

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Life has a tendency to obfuscate and bewilder, Such as fating us to spend the first part of our lives being embarrassed by our parents and the last part being embarrassed by our children.

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