Ogden Nash Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: August 19, 1902 - March 19, 1971
Birthday: August 19
Death: March 19
So I think there is one rule every host and hostess ought to keep with the comb and nail file and bicarbonate and aromatic spirits on a handy shelf, Which is don't spoil the denouement by telling the guests everything is terrible, but let them have the thrill of finding it out for themselves.
source: Ogden Nash (1941). “The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash”, Garden City publishing company, inc
topic: Thinking, Guests, Nails, Denouement, Hostesses
