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A credit card is a convenient device that saves you the trouble of counting your change.

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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
American Humorist
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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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All men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with a mighty urge to become otherwise.
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Bureaucracy is more people doing less things, and taking more time to do them worse.
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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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A man picks a wife about the same way an apple picks a farmer.
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Some taxpayers close their eyes, some stop their ears, some shut their mouths, but all pay through the nose.
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Some people would never get any exercise at all if they didn't have to walk to their cars.
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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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Many a woman would get a divorce if she could do it without making her husband happy.
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Many a man who goes to Las Vegas to get away from it all soon finds that Las Vegas gets it all away from him.
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An actor is a man with an infinite capacity for taking praise.
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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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An epigram is the marriage of wit and wisdom a wisecrack, their divorce.
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In elections, the undecided vote is usually the deciding factor.
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You are not fully dressed until you wear a smile.
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When you make your mark in the world, watch out for the envious with erasers.
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A bureaucrat is an official who is clothed with power and whom it doesn't fit.
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Laugh and the world laughs with you cry -- and the world laughs harder.
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Corrupt officials are usually close-mouthed and open-handed.
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It's surprising how much wisdom every man possesses -- if not for his own affairs, then for the affairs of others.
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