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 For blocks are better cleft with wedges,
 Tan tools of sharp or subtle edges,
  And dullest nonsense read more 
 For blocks are better cleft with wedges,
 Tan tools of sharp or subtle edges,
  And dullest nonsense has been found
   By some to be the most profound. 
 A little nonsense now and then
 Is relished by the wisest men.  
 A little nonsense now and then
 Is relished by the wisest men. 
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
 'T was brillig, and the slithy toves
 Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
  All mimsy were read more 
 'T was brillig, and the slithy toves
 Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
  All mimsy were the borogoves,
   And the mome raths outgrabe. 
 When Bryan O'Lynn had no shirt to put on,
 He took him a sheep skin to make him a' read more 
 When Bryan O'Lynn had no shirt to put on,
 He took him a sheep skin to make him a' one.
  "With the skinny side out, and the wooly side in,
   'Twill be warm and convanient," said Bryan O'Lynn. 
Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
 From the Squirrel skin Marcosset
 Made some mittens for our hero.
  Mittens with the fur-side inside,
 read more 
 From the Squirrel skin Marcosset
 Made some mittens for our hero.
  Mittens with the fur-side inside,
   With the fur-side next his fingers
    So's to keep the hand warm inside. 
 How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!
 Who has written such volumes of stuff!
  Some think him ill-tempered read more 
 How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!
 Who has written such volumes of stuff!
  Some think him ill-tempered and queer,
   But a few think him pleasant enough. 
A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men
A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men