Too clever is dumb.

Quote by Ogden Nash

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Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.

Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.

The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.

The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.

The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.

The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.

The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.

The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.

Do you think my mind is maturing late, or simply rotted early?

Do you think my mind is maturing late, or simply rotted early?

Middle age ends and senescence begins, The day your descendants outnumber your friends.

Middle age ends and senescence begins, The day your descendants outnumber your friends.

The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we...

The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we...

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

Door: What a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

Door: What a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny -...

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny -...

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

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

An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a...

An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a...

Women would rather be right than reasonable.

Women would rather be right than reasonable.

They take the paper and they read the headlines, so they've heard of unemployment and...

They take the paper and they read the headlines, so they've heard of unemployment and...

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it

Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it

Every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz.: That to be an Englishman is to...

Every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz.: That to be an Englishman is to...

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.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs.

Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs.