The original version’s working title was The Giveth and Taketh Away Tree but Silverstein couldn’t get it published

We can all agree that life is the number one cause of death But no one wants to admit that death is the only cause of ne… Nevertheless, we love our children

Naturally, we all want the very be… Only to discover That there is a lot of work involv… For something which in this world You can never have

Evil is cruelty plus pleasure

I used to say Nothing to see here but now that I’ve embraced transparency there really is

Forecasting the rain in Spain is mainly done in vain

Liberalism without religion is lik… dining at an all-you-can-eat buffe… There’s plenty of everything but everything is so-so Religion without liberalism is lik…

The struggle to become an individual in no way implies the need to be unique

Men are from Mars Women are from everywhere else

Moses was both the greatest and th… Because he compared himself Not to his fellow man– An act which makes you smaller and… But to God

Time is money But time stops at the speed of lig… Which means the buck stops, too Making enlightenment the act of ta… For how you’ve spent your time

It’s funny– The more plastic we add to the wor… The less flexible we become As if in making a world of plastic We believe we can bend that world…

It’s always a bad idea To admit you have no idea Put another way: No idea is a bad idea You get the idea

If I said– The worst thing you can say about… is that he always plays it safe– then he sounds like a perfectly ni… But when I say–

The sign used to say: Gentlemen may remove their hats All others must Now it reads: Ladies and gentlemen may wear thei…