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Man is a victim of dope
In the incurable form of hope.

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How easy for those who do not bulge
To not overindulge!

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

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I've also proved by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest.

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Being a father
Is quite a bother,
But I like it, rather.

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I believe that people believe what they believe they believe.

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No, you never get any fun
Out of the things you haven't done.

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Some people's money is merited and other people's is inherited.

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God in his wisdom made the fly
And then forgot to tell us why.

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

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The trouble with a kitten is
THAT
Eventually it becomes a
CAT.

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I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.

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

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Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed
the floor.

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Neath tile or thatch That man is rich Who has a scratch For every itch.

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

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Indeed, everybody wants to be a wow, But not everybody knows exactly how.

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One bliss for which There is no match Is when you itch To up and scratch.

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Any kiddie in school can love like a fool,
But hating, my boy, is an art.

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You can take it as understood,
That your luck changes only if it's good.

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Home is heaven and orgies are vile,
But you need an orgy once in a while.

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Smite, Smoot,
Be rugged and rough,
Smut if smitten
Is front-page stuff.

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I dreamt that my hair was kempt.
Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.

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The only people who should really sin
Are the people who can sin with a grin.

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Passivity can be a provoking modus operandi;
Consider the Empire and Gandhi.

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

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Beneath this slab
John Brown is stowed.
He watched the ads,
And not the road.

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Nobody minds Dust storms in Lubbock;
They don't create havoc,
Just hubbubbock.

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May I join you in the doghouse, Rover?
I wish to retire till the party's over.

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The burnt child, urged by rankling ire, Can hardly wait to get back at the fire.

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