Source: The social criticism of Stephen Leacock
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Famous Stephen Leacock Quotes
“Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.”
Source: Leacock on Life
“He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.”
“Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't.”
Source: My Discovery of England
“In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.”
“A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something.”
“Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.”
“The Lord said 'let there be wheat' and Saskatchewan was born”
Source: Leacock on Life
“There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit”
Source: Leacock on Life
“On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be two charges for the same thing”
Source: Literary Lapses
“It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.”