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Stephen Leacock
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"I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
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Stephen Leacock
Topic(s):
Great
"It’s called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy."
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Stephen Leacock
Topic(s):
Politics
"A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better."
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Stephen Leacock
Topic(s):
Trust
"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."
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Stephen Leacock
Topic(s):
Positive
"Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl."
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Stephen Leacock
Topic(s):
Marriage
"Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica."
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Stephen Leacock
Topic(s):
Imagination
"Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it."
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Stephen Leacock
Topic(s):
Intelligence
"Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect."
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Stephen Leacock
Topic(s):
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."
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Stephen Leacock
Topic(s):
Courage
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