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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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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
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All things come to him who waits, but they are mostly leftovers from those who didn't wait.
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[Statistics] The science that can prove everything except the usefulness of statistics.
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Many a girl who can't dance well makes up for it during intermission.
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Eloquence is the art of saying as little as possible but making it sound as much as possible.
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Egotist: 1. A person who is his own best friend. 2. An I specialist. 3. A man whose opinions all change, except the one he has of himself.
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Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.
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An epigram is the marriage of wit and wisdom a wisecrack, their divorce.
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Washington is the place where nobody believes a rumor until it has been officially denied.
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A girl never cares who casts the first stone at her -- as long as it's a diamond
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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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An actor is a man with an infinite capacity for taking praise.
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The first requisite for a good cup of coffee in the morning is to get your wife out of bed.
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Do a little more every day than you are expected to do, and soon you will be expected to do more.
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Corrupt officials are usually close-mouthed and open-handed.
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A bright eye indicates curiosity a black eye, too much.
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Reactionary: One who wants the rules enforced so nobody can take his pile away from him the way he got it from others.
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After wisdom comes wit.
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A good loser is all right, but it isn't so much fun to beat him.
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Life is a game played on us while we are playing other games.
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Some people blow their top, but all people blow their bottom.
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