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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.

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courage

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

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great

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

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imagination

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

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intelligence

Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

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marriage

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

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men

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

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money

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

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politics

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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positive

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

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science

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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trust

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

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trust

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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truth

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

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work

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.

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

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

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

Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

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

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

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

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.

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

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.

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

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

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.

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