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Stephen Leacock quotes

Canadian Economist December 30, 1869 – March 28, 1944

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Stephen Leacock quote: "Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying..."
Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl. Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock quote: "If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but..."
If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but one, there would be little fault to find with it. Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock quote: "Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every..."
Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour. Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock quote: "Life, we learn too late, is in the living, in the tissue of..."
Life, we learn too late, is in the living, in the tissue of every day and hour. Stephen Leacock
Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it. Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock quote: "concealed from view a face so face-like in its appearance as..."
concealed from view a face so face-like in its appearance as to be positively facial. Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock quote: "Many a man inlove with a dimple makes the mistake of marring..."
Many a man inlove with a dimple makes the mistake of marring the whole Girl Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock quote: "Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of..."
Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. Stephen Leacock
If their occupation is actual work they prefer to pump water into cisterns, two of which leak through holes in the bottom and one ofwhich is water-tight. A, of course, has the good one; Stephen Leacock
It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required. Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock quote: "In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall..."
In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies. Stephen Leacock
The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing a scientific treatise on the folk-lore of Central China, or a statistical enquiry into the declining population of Prince Edward Island. But to write something out of one's own mind, worth reading for its own sake, is an arduous contrivance only to be achieved in fortunate moments, few and far in between. Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the... Stephen Leacock
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock quote: "Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view..."
Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort. Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock quote: "I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work..."
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Stephen Leacock

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