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1899–1995 United States
Evan Esar (1899–1995) was an American humorist and author who wrote "Esar's Comic Dictionary" in 1943, "Humorous English" in 1961, and "20,000 Quips and Quotes" in 1968.
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It is the uncensored sense of humor of a people which is the ultimate therapy for man in society.
Many a man who falls in love with a dimple make the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
Esar's Comic Dictionary (1943)
An epigram is the marriage of wit, and wisdom; a wisecrack, their divorce.
Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.
Under dictatorship, the people in prison are always superior to the people who put them there.
The personal comparative is marked by epigrammatic self-satire. It implies that everyone thinks himself better than anyone else, but only the egoist says so.
The history of humorous writing discloses everchanging trends. Our fast-paced modern living is too impatient for the lengthy light verse and the leisurely essays of our forefathers.
When Marilyn Monroe, the American Venus, visited England, one London correspondent wrote that she looked like a million dollars. Fortunately, he did not write that she looked like a million pounds.
Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits that under analysis some of them won't stand up either.
Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings.
Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.
Where there is insight in citation, or wisdom winged with wit, especially from the world of letters, I have quoted liberally. For a good epigram not only makes a point, but a point to ponder. This book provides many such quotations that I have unearthed from the tomes of many writers.
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