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Divorce is the key that opens the strongbox where the bonds of matrimony are kept under wedlock.

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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
American Humorist
Humorist
Keys
Wedlock
Matrimony
Bonds
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Divorce
Kept

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