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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
American Humorist
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Many a woman would get a divorce if she could do it without making her husband happy.
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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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After paying for the wedding, about the only thing a father has left to give away is the bride.
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Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings.
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Adam and Eve were the first of all unions to defy management.
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If you want to know how little your dignity is worth, take it to the pawnbroker.
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Communism is a form of society where the less people have to eat, the more they have to swallow.
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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 man picks a wife about the same way an apple picks a farmer.
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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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Diets show to what great lengths women will go so as not to go to great widths.
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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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The best way to make a long story short is to stop listening.
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy - and Jill a wealthy widow.
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Charm is to a woman what perfume is to a flower.
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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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A cynic sees little to admire in the world, while the world sees even less to admire in him.
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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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The computer saves man a lot of guesswork, but so does the bikini.
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An expert is someone who takes something you already know and makes it sound confusing.
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