Evan Esar
Evan Esar
Evan Esarwas an American humorist who wrote "Esar's Comic Dictionary" in 1943, "Humorous English" in 1961, and "20,000 Quips and Quotes" in 1968. He is known for quotes like "Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions." He also wrote The Legend of Joe Miller, which was privately printed for members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco by the Grabhorn Press in 1957...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
sides compromise settlement
A compromise is a settlement by which each side gets what neither side wanted.
cat milk cry
A creature that never cries over spilt milk: a cat.
divorce wit wit-and-wisdom
An epigram is the marriage of wit and wisdom; a wisecrack, their divorce.
wise wisdom becoming
The disadvantage of becoming wise is that you realize how foolish you've been.
wise wisdom unnecessary
A word to the wise is -- unnecessary.
winning games opponents
You can always tell the golfer who's winning: he's the one who keeps telling his opponent that it's only a game.
husband regret fees
Many a husband lives to regret the extravagant fee he bestowed upon the minister who sentenced him.
men lazy-man trying
The only time a lazy man ever succeeds is when he tries to do nothing.
remember bride-and-groom brides
Every bride and groom would do well to remember that in wedding, the we comes before the I.
father giving brides
After paying for the wedding, about the only thing a father has left to give away is the bride.
girl men steady
Many a wedding takes place when a man can't afford to go steady with a girl any longer.
men boss going-to-work
A wedding is the formality a man has to go through before going to work for a new boss.
divorce cry easy
Divorce has become so easy nowadays that women have stopped crying at weddings.
waiting ifs
Everything comes to him who waits -- if he waits till it comes.