SLStephen Leacock

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Stephen Leacock

Life dates: 1869 AD — 1944 AD

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1906 AD

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

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02c. 1906 AD

Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

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03c. 1906 AD

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.

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04c. 1906 AD

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

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05c. 1906 AD

It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.

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06c. 1906 AD

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

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07c. 1906 AD

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

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