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An expert is someone who takes something you already know and makes it sound confusing.

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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
American Humorist
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[A mathematician is a] scientist who can figure out anything except such simple things as squaring the circle and trisecting an angle.
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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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An epigram is the marriage of wit and wisdom a wisecrack, their divorce.
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Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.
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