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They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good. I see acquaintances and friends Accumulating dividends And making enviable names In science, art and parlor games. But I, despite expert advice, Keep doing things I think are nice, And though to good I never come Inseparable my nose and thumb.
Dorothy ParkerRead
But always and sometimes questioning the old modes_x000D_ _x000D_ And the new wondering, the poem, growing up through the floor,_x000D_ _x000D_ Standing tall in tubers, invading and smashing the ritual_x000D_ _x000D_ Parlor, demands to be met on its own terms now,_x000D_ _x000D_ Now that the preliminary negotiations are at last over.
John AshberyRead
Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor.
Groucho MarxRead
The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
Zora Neale HurstonRead
To throw the Christian into the furnace is to put him into Christ's parlor; for lo! Jesus Christ is walking with him.
Charles SpurgeonRead
PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.
Ambrose BierceRead

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