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An epigram is the marriage of wit and wisdom a wisecrack, their divorce.

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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
American Humorist
Humorist
Epigram
Epigrams
Wit
Divorce
Marriage
Wisdom

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Man is the control experiment of heredity and environment and since his heredity controls him, he tries to control his environment.
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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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When you make your mark in the world, watch out for the envious with erasers.
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The only thing worse than being on the wrong side of an argument is to be on the right side with no one listening.
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Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.
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A bureaucrat is an official who is clothed with power and whom it doesn't fit.
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The computer saves man a lot of guesswork, but so does the bikini.
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In elections, the undecided vote is usually the deciding factor.
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Reactionary: One who wants the rules enforced so nobody can take his pile away from him the way he got it from others.
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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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Some people worry because they are in debt others, because they can't even get in.
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An actor is a man with an infinite capacity for taking praise.
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Bureaucracy is more people doing less things, and taking more time to do them worse.
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The best time to give advice to your children is while they're still young enough to believe you know what you're talking about.
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Canada's climate is nine months winter and three months late in the fall.
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More diets start in dress shops than in doctors' offices.
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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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A creature that never cries over spilt milk: a cat.
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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 dictator's chief problem is keeping the stomachs of his subjects full while keeping their heads empty.
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