WIST

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

Ogden Nash (1902-1971) American poet
“Baby, What Makes the Sky Blue?” (1940)

At another year
I would not boggle,
Except when I jog
I joggle.

Ogden Nash (1902-1971) American poet
“Birthday on the Beach,” You Can’t Get There from Here (1957)

Here is a good rule of thumb
Too clever is dumb.

Ogden Nash (1902-1971) American poet
“Reflections on Ingenuity,” Many Long Years Ago (1945)

Too clever is dumb.

Ogden Nash (1902-1971) American poet
(Attributed)

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

Ogden Nash (1902-1971) American poet
(Attributed)

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance
Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance.

Ogden Nash (1902-1971) American poet
(Attributed)
Quoted in Reader’s Digest (Jun 1967)

Candy
Is dandy
But liquor
Is quicker.

Ogden Nash (1902-1971) American poet
Hard Lines, “Reflections on Ice-Breaking” (1931)