Evan Esar Quotes - Page 3

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• The lazy man claims he is too heavy for light work and too light for heavy work.

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  Men, Light, Lazy Man

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• The cat: an animal that's so unpredictable, you can never tell in advance how it will ignore you the next time.

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  Cat, Animal, Next

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• Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.

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  Inspirational, Home, Doe

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• You can always make a loan at a bank if you can show sufficient evidence that you don't need it.

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  Needs, Loan, Lending

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• The little boy who goes to the store and forgets what his mother sent him for, will probably grow up to be a congressman.

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  Mother, Growing Up, Boys

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• All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy - and Jill a wealthy widow.

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  Funny, Work, Sarcasm

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• In elections, the undecided vote is usually the deciding factor.

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  Election, Vote, Undecided

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• Ego: The only thing that can keep growing without nourishment.

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  Ego, Growing, Egotism

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• Corrupt officials are usually close-mouthed and open-handed.

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  Corruption, Officials

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• Do a little more every day than you are expected to do, and soon you will be expected to do more.

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  Expectations, Littles, Expected

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• Times change: it was once the custom to take a bath weekly and religion daily.

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  Baths, Customs

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• Worry makes people thin, except when they worry about being fat.

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  People, Worry, Fats

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• All men are born equal, but some of them outgrow it.

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  Equality, Men, Born

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• A wedding is the formality a man has to go through before going to work for a new boss.

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  Men, Boss, Going To Work

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• When laziness attacks a woman, it always avoids her tongue.

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  Laziness, Tongue

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• The trouble with the world is that laziness is seldom curable and never fatal.

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  World, Laziness, Trouble

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• Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.

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  Mother, Boys, Guilt

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• Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.

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  Art, Mean, Lost

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• If you can't bear to have your face stepped on, don't try to climb the ladder of success.

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  Trying, Ladders, Faces

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• Formerly when a man worked ten hours a day, it was called economic slavery; nowadays it is called moonlighting.

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  Work, Men, Slavery

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• The saddest thing in life is to marry a woman who looks like a cook--and isn't.

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  Things In Life, Cooking, Looks

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• Many a man works himself to death by burying himself in his work.

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  Work, Men, Burying

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• The most popular form of altruism is giving to others the advice you cannot use yourself.

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  Giving, Advice, Use

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• Hard work never hurt anyone who hired someone else to do it.

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  Hurt, Work, Hard Work

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• Egocentricity: The vanity that makes you wonder what people are thinking about you when they are really wondering what you are thinking about them.

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  Thinking About You, Vanity, People

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