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1866–1951 United States
Frank Gelett Burgess (January 30, 1866 – September 18, 1951) was an American artist, art critic, poet, author and humourist. He is credited with coining the word blurb, a short promotional statement about a piece of creative work, and bromide, a trite or unoriginal phrase intended to soothe or placate, or the boring person who utters those phrases.
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To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.
A woman and a mouse, they carry a tale wherever they go.
The Maxims of Methuselah (1907)
Love is only chatter,
A Gage of Youth: Lyrics from The Lark and Other Poems (1901)
I never saw a purple cow,
The Purple Cow (1895)
Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"—
Confession (1897)
You'll feel differently about these things when you're married. (p. 25)
Are You A Bromide? (1906)
She doesn't look a day over fifty. (p. 24)
Are You A Bromide? (1906)
there are no roads in all Bohemia !
I don't know much about Art, but I know what I like. (p. 24)
Are You A Bromide? (1906)
My feet, they haul me Round the House,
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