Nonsense Quotes
(1 - 10 of 23)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.
From the Squirrel skin Marcosset
Made some mittens for our hero.
Mittens with the fur-side inside,
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 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!
To vanish nonsense with the charms of sound.
To vanish nonsense with the charms of sound.
Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and
then is pleasant.
[Lat., Misce stultitiam 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.]
How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!
Who has written such volumes of stuff!
Some think him ill-tempered 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.
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.
When Bryan O'Lynn had no shirt to put on,
He took him a sheep skin to make him a' 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.
There's a skin without and a skin within,
A covering skin and a lining skin,
But the 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.
Benjamin Hardlysee decided to point it out to me.
Benjamin Hardlysee decided to point it out to me.
