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Ogden Nash

American poet; b. 1902; d. 1971  ·  4 aphorisms  ·  7 comments

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Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (176 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997  · 

Children aren't happy without something to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.

[aphorist] Ogden Nash, in [category] Life and Death

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (185 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets.

[aphorist] Ogden Nash, in [category] Love and Hate

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (662 ratings)  ·  submitted 1999

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.

[aphorist] Ogden Nash, Versus, in [category] Life and Death

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (211 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Too clever is dumb.

[aphorist] Ogden Nash, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

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