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    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.

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Conductor, when you receive a fare,
Punch in the presence of the passenjare.
A blue trip slip read more

Conductor, when you receive a fare,
Punch in the presence of the passenjare.
A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare,
A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare,
A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare,
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!
Punch, brothers! punch with care!
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!

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Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and
then is pleasant.
[Lat., Misce stultitiam read more

Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and
then is pleasant.
[Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem:
Dulce est desipere in loco.]

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It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting!

It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting!

by Agatha Christie Found in: Nonsense Quotes,
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Benjamin Hardlysee decided to point it out to me.

Benjamin Hardlysee decided to point it out to me.

by David Gay Found in: Nonsense Quotes,
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No one is exempt from taking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it
solemnly.

No one is exempt from taking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it
solemnly.

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Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light; it heightens effect

Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light; it heightens effect

by Frederick Saunders Found in: Nonsense Quotes,
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There's a skin without and a skin within,
A covering skin and a lining skin,
But the read more

There's a skin without and a skin within,
A covering skin and a lining skin,
But the skin within is the skin without
Doubled and carried complete throughout.

by Old Song Found in: Nonsense Quotes,
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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

by E. M. Forster Found in: Nonsense Quotes,
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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.

by Old Song Found in: Nonsense Quotes,
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