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I am looking for a poem by Ogden Nash that I had pasted above my desk years ago but lost. It said something about our working so we wouldn't have to work. I've looked through various volumes of his poetry and searched the web to no avail. Cannot remember the actual title. Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Richard Greenleaf

Emancipation of the human mind from a servile adherence to prior opinions

Don't wish for the misfortune of others, but for the fortune of yourself.

Don't be ashamed of what you're doing, or don't do what you're ashamed of.

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My boss has me looking for a quote from, according to him, Odgen Nash. The poem with the quote has a "lesson" that we are trying to demonstrate. The quote is something like:"'Good enough' is never good enough".Does anyone recognize this quote and know its source?Thanks.

I once read a wonderful truism and would like to find it again. It said something like this–it is said that a man gains character by doing things he does not like to do. If that is the case, I must have great character because every day I do 2 things I hate to do–I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. I think it is from a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, but I'm not sure. Does anyone know the exact quote and source?

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I am unable to find anything about this quoted person. Does anyone know who he is? Thanks

Does anyone know where this author comes from.

I'm trying to find a book

I'm a trouble as to where in hell to look

Its not for me as you couldn't see

its for my sister millie

It has a poem we think by Ogden

I'll do my best to write out as he did pen

I quote (as I remember)

Godfrey Gordon Gustovus Gore Would you kindly shut the door

That's It that's all I remember. I read it for my brother

If somebody rembers this poem or where its written I would appreciate their help in finding the book that its in .

Many thanks

I was looking for a Tennessee Williams quote. It goes something like this... "There are so many lonely people in the world that its a shame to be lonely alone" its not exact, but close, and I can't seem to find it anywhere.