387 Quotes by Ogden Nash

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    You are much happier when you are happy than when you ain’t.

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    Progress might have been all right once, but it’s gone on too long.

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    There is something about a martini, Ere the dining and dancing begin, And to tell you the truth, It is not the vermouth- I think that perhaps it’s the gin.

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    Children aren’t happy with nothing to ignore, And that’s what parents were created for.

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

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    The more you earn, the less you keep, And now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to take, If the tax-collector hasn’t got it before I wake.

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    The only way I can distinguish proper from improper fractions is by their actions.

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

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