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A hamburger by any other name costs twice as much.
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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
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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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After wisdom comes wit.
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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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To a teenager, it cannot be true love if her family approves of him.
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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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The modern dance is no dance in the first place, and when you've finally learned it, it's not modern any more.
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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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