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Abraham Lincoln
Neither Heaven nor Hell. It
Neither Heaven nor Hell. It is simply Purgatory.
220
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Eros The sense of
Eros
The sense of the world is short, -
Long and various the report, -
To love and be beloved;
Men and gods have not outlearned it;
And, how oft soe'er they've turned it,
'Tis not to be improved.
The sense of the world is short, -
Long and various the report, -
To love and be beloved;
Men and gods have not outlearned it;
And, how oft soe'er they've turned it,
'Tis not to be improved.
174
Jack Handey
I wish everybody would have
I wish everybody would have to have an electric thing implanted in our heads that gave us a shock whenever we did something to disobey the president. Then somehow I get myself elected president.
20
Rabindranath Tagore
Lover's Gifts V: I Would
Lover's Gifts V: I Would Ask For Still More
I would ask for still more, if I had the sky with all its stars,
and the world with its endless riches; but I would be content with
the smallest corner of this earth if only she were mine.
I would ask for still more, if I had the sky with all its stars,
and the world with its endless riches; but I would be content with
the smallest corner of this earth if only she were mine.
277
Ogden Nash
What's The Use? Sure,
What's The Use?
Sure, deck your limbs in pants,
Yours are the limbs, my sweeting.
You look divine as you advance . . .
Have you seen yourself retreating?
Sure, deck your limbs in pants,
Yours are the limbs, my sweeting.
You look divine as you advance . . .
Have you seen yourself retreating?
99
Dr. Seuss
Be who you are and
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
88
Ogden Nash
The Turtle The turtle
The Turtle
The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks
Which practically conceal its sex.
I think it clever of the turtle
such a fix to be so fertile.
The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks
Which practically conceal its sex.
I think it clever of the turtle
such a fix to be so fertile.
117
Kenko Yoshida
To sit alone in the
To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations--such is a pleasure beyond compare.
27
Julie Morgenstern
If you're afraid to let
If you're afraid to let someone else see your weakness, take heart Nobody's perfect. Besides, your attempts to hide your flaws don't work as well as you think they do.
24
Ogden Nash
The Rhinoceros The rhino
The Rhinoceros
The rhino is a homely beast,
For human eyes he's not a feast.
Farwell, farewell, you old rhinoceros,
I'll stare at something less prepoceros.
The rhino is a homely beast,
For human eyes he's not a feast.
Farwell, farewell, you old rhinoceros,
I'll stare at something less prepoceros.
126
Ogden Nash
The Perfect Husband He
The Perfect Husband
He tells you when you've got on
too much lipstick
And helps you with your girdle
when your hips stick.
He tells you when you've got on
too much lipstick
And helps you with your girdle
when your hips stick.
104
Jack Handey
I think somebody should come
I think somebody should come up with a way to breed a very large shrimp. That way, you could ride him, then after you camped at night, you could eat him. How about it, science
34
Ogden Nash
The Parent Children aren't
The Parent
Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,
And that's what parents were created for.
Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,
And that's what parents were created for.
96
Dr. Seuss
From there to here, and
From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.
98
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
You can build a throne
You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.
69
Ogden Nash
The Octopus Tell me,
The Octopus
Tell me, O Octopus, I begs
Is those things arms, or is they legs?
I marvel at thee, Octopus;
If I were thou, I'd call me Us.
Tell me, O Octopus, I begs
Is those things arms, or is they legs?
I marvel at thee, Octopus;
If I were thou, I'd call me Us.
157
Ogden Nash
The Lion Oh, weep
The Lion
Oh, weep for Mr. and Mrs. Bryan!
He was eaten by a lion;
Following which, the lion's lioness
Up and swallowed Bryan's Bryaness.
Oh, weep for Mr. and Mrs. Bryan!
He was eaten by a lion;
Following which, the lion's lioness
Up and swallowed Bryan's Bryaness.
224
Piet Mondrian
The position of the artist
The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.
91
Jack Handey
My new millionaire idea is
My new millionaire idea is one regular shoe and one 'swollen' shoe, for when you get bit by a rattlesnake.
23
Ogden Nash
The Jellyfish Who wants
The Jellyfish
Who wants my jellyfish?
I'm not sellyfish!
Who wants my jellyfish?
I'm not sellyfish!
106
Dr. Seuss
Unless someone like you cares
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
113
Ogden Nash
The Firefly The firefly's
The Firefly
The firefly's flame
Is something for which science has no name
I can think of nothing eerier
Than flying around with an unidentified glow on a
person's posteerier.
The firefly's flame
Is something for which science has no name
I can think of nothing eerier
Than flying around with an unidentified glow on a
person's posteerier.
114
Ogden Nash
The Cuckoo Cuckoos lead
The Cuckoo
Cuckoos lead Bohemian lives,
They fail as husbands and as wives,
Therefore they cynically disparage
Everybody else's marriage.
Cuckoos lead Bohemian lives,
They fail as husbands and as wives,
Therefore they cynically disparage
Everybody else's marriage.
105
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
It is especially important to
It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts.
82