Ogden Nash frasi celebri
citato in Selezione dal Reader's Digest, ottobre 1977
“Essere un inglese significa appartenere al club più esclusivo che esista al mondo.”
tratto dalla poesia "England expects"
Ogden Nash: Frasi in inglese
"Look for the Silver Lining"
Happy Days (1933)
“Man is a victim of dope
In the incurable form of hope.”
"Good-by, Old Year, You Oaf or Why Don't They Pay the Bonus?" in The Primrose Path (1935).
"The Pelican" (1910) by Dixon Lanier Merritt is another poem often misattributed to Nash.
Misattributed
"Adventures of Isabel" http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/adventures-of-isabel/
Good Intentions (1942), Seeing Eye to Eye is Believing
"When You Say That, Smile", as quoted in Saturday Evening Post, 16 September 1933
Many Long Years Ago (1945), The Tale of Custard the Dragon
“I believe that people believe what they believe they believe.”
Good Intentions (1942), Seeing Eye to Eye is Believing
“The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.”
"The Anatomy of Happiness"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
"I Never Even Suggested It"
Many Long Years Ago (1945)
“Being a father
Is quite a bother,
But I like it, rather.”
"Soliloquy in Circles"
Versus (1949)
Versus (1949), Possessions are Nine Points of Conversation
Many Long Years Ago (1945), Pretty Halcyon Days
“Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.”
"A Clean Conscience Never Relaxes"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Lady Thinks She Is Thirty
“Passivity can be a provoking modus operandi;
Consider the Empire and Gandhi.”
"I Never Even Suggested It"
Many Long Years Ago (1945)
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Lady Thinks She Is Thirty
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938), I Have It On Good Authority
“It is the sin of omission, the second kind of sin,
That lays eggs under your skin.”
"Portrait of the Artist as a Prematurely Old Man" (1959)
“The song of canaries
Never varies,
And when they're moulting
They're pretty revolting.”
"The Canary"
Free Wheeling (1931)
"Song of the Open Road" — this poem is a parody of "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer
Many Long Years Ago (1945)
“Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed
the floor.”
"You and Me and P. B. Shelley" http://books.google.com/books?id=zixbAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Life+is+not+having+been+told+that+the+man+has+just+waxed+the+floor%22&pg=PA5#v=onepage <br class="br">Good Intentions (1942)
“She took those pills from the pill concocter,
And Isabel calmly cured the doctor.”
"Adventures of Isabel" http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/adventures-of-isabel/
“One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.”
"A Clean Conscience Never Relaxes"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
