Too clever is dumb.

Quote by Ogden Nash

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Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you...

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you...

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an...

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an...

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.

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are...

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are...

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making...

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...

Sleep is perverse as human nature, Sleep is perverse as a legislature, Sleep is as...

Sleep is perverse as human nature, Sleep is perverse as a legislature, Sleep is as...

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit...

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit...

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

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

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.

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.

Your hair may be brushed, but your mind's untidy. You've had about seven hours of...

Your hair may be brushed, but your mind's untidy. You've had about seven hours of...

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.

Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor

Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor

Love is a word that is constantly heard, Hate is a word that is not....

Love is a word that is constantly heard, Hate is a word that is not....

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...

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

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

Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults...

Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults...

Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that...

Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that...

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.