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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
American Humorist
Humorist
Wit
Wisdom
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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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A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
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The computer saves man a lot of guesswork, but so does the bikini.
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Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.
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With a braggart, it's no sooner done than said.
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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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The chief ability of an executive should be his ability to recognize ability.
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The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.
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A corporation has all the powers and privileges of an individual: all it lacks is a conscience.
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A dictator's chief problem is keeping the stomachs of his subjects full while keeping their heads empty.
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The car was invented as a convenient place to sit out traffic jams
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Some people blow their top, but all people blow their bottom.
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It takes hundreds of nuts to hold a car together, but it takes only one of them to scatter it all over the highway.
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You are not fully dressed until you wear a smile.
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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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To a teenager, it cannot be true love if her family approves of him.
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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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Some people worry because they are in debt others, because they can't even get in.
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