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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
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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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The most uncommon form of intelligence is common sense.
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The only place where you can find equality is in the cemetery.
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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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Adam and Eve were the first of all unions to defy management.
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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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