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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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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.

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