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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
American Humorist
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The best way to spoil a good story is by sticking to the facts.
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Canada's climate is nine months winter and three months late in the fall.
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Washington is the place where nobody believes a rumor until it has been officially denied.
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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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A credit card is a convenient device that saves you the trouble of counting your change.
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An epigram is the marriage of wit and wisdom a wisecrack, their divorce.
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Laugh and the world laughs with you cry -- and the world laughs harder.
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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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An instrument that sometimes expresses thought, sometimes obscures thought, but most often replaces thought.
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A lazy man's wife is generally the power behind the drone.
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Charm is to a woman what perfume is to a flower.
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A bright eye indicates curiosity a black eye, too much.
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Bureaucracy is more people doing less things, and taking more time to do them worse.
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A home in the country is what a city man hopes to buy and a farmer hopes to sell.
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Corrupt officials are usually close-mouthed and open-handed.
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The quizzical expression of the monkey at the zoo comes from his wondering whether he is his brother's keeper, or his keeper's brother.
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Don't tear your hair out over a woman it'll be harder to attract the next one if you're bald.
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Some people blow their top, but all people blow their bottom.
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The best way to make a long story short is to stop listening.
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In elections, the undecided vote is usually the deciding factor.
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