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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. 
 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.] 
 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.
 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. 
 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! 
 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. 
A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men
A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men
Benjamin Hardlysee decided to point it out to me.
Benjamin Hardlysee decided to point it out to me.