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    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.

    by Found in Nonsense Quotes,
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A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does
not mis-become a monarch.

A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does
not mis-become a monarch.

by Horace Walpole Found in: Nonsense Quotes,
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'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.

by Found in: Nonsense Quotes,
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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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A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.

A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.

by Unknown Found in: Nonsense Sayings, General Sayings,
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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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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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Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.

Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.

by Douglas Adams Found in: Nonsense Quotes,
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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.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Nonsense Quotes,
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