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Life is a game played on us while we are playing other games.

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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
American Humorist
Humorist
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[Statistics] The science that can prove everything except the usefulness of statistics.
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The quizzical expression of the monkey at the zoo comes from his wondering whether he is his brother's keeper, or his keeper's brother.
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Etymology: from Latin ad-, to + visum, past participle of videre, to see. Advice is what you get from your parents when you are growing up, and from your children when you are growing old.
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If it required some effort to go from today to tomorrow, some people would always remain in yesterday.
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A man picks a wife about the same way an apple picks a farmer.
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Many a girl who can't dance well makes up for it during intermission.
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Some couples divorce because of a misunderstandin g others, because they understand each other too well.
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A homosexual is the only man who ever meets a man he would like to marry if he were a woman.
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There are two kinds of leaders: those who are interested in the flock, and those who are interested in the fleece.
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The chief ability of an executive should be his ability to recognize ability.
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All men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with a mighty urge to become otherwise.
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The only way to cure an egotist from bragging is by surgery--amputation at the neck.
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Under dictatorship, the people in prison are always superior to the people who put them there.
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More diets start in dress shops than in doctors' offices.
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Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.
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A creature that never cries over spilt milk: a cat.
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Laugh and the world laughs with you cry -- and the world laughs harder.
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The car was invented as a convenient place to sit out traffic jams
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An instrument that sometimes expresses thought, sometimes obscures thought, but most often replaces thought.
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The only medicine that needs no prescription, has no unpleasant taste, and costs no money is laughter.
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