“A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.”

—  Ogden Nash

"A Dog's Best Friend Is His Illiteracy" in The Private Dining Room (1953)
Paraphrased variant: A door is that which a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.
Source: Private Dining-room and Other New Verses

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American poet 1902–1971

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