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Ogden Nash Quotes
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Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote over 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry.



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✵ 19. August 1902 – 19. May 1971
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Ogden Nash Quotes

“The moral is that it is probably better not to sin at all, but if
some kind of sin you must be pursuing,
Well, remember to do it by doing rather than by not doing.”

Ogden Nash

"Portrait of the Artist as a Prematurely Old Man" (1959)

“When smut's to be smitten
Smoot will smite
For G-d, for country,
And Fahrenheit.”

Ogden Nash

Smoot Smites Smut

“Purity
Is obscurity.”

Ogden Nash

"Reflection On A Wicked World"
Many Long Years Ago (1945)

“Some people, and it doesn't matter whether they are paupers or millionaires,
Think that anything they have is the best in the world just because it is theirs.”

Ogden Nash

Versus (1949), Possessions are Nine Points of Conversation