Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. Stephen Leacock Men
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 Courage
It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish. Stephen Leacock Funny
Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. Stephen Leacock Imagination
Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. Stephen Leacock Trust
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. Stephen Leacock Trust
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Stephen Leacock Chance
It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy. Stephen Leacock Politics
I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so. Stephen Leacock Death
Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl. Stephen Leacock Marriage
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. Stephen Leacock Truth
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 Christmas
The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine. Stephen Leacock Music
Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. Stephen Leacock Intelligence