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Stephen Leacock

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The identity of Stephen Leacock may be elusive, but the power of their words is anything but. With equal ease, Stephen Leacock moved between Trust and Work, finding connections others missed. 15 of Stephen Leacock's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Trust, Work, Truth, Science, and Positive. Consider this gem from Stephen Leacock: "Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it."

“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

All Quotes by 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.”

— Stephen Leacock

Courage

“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

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

— Stephen Leacock

Trust

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

— Stephen Leacock

Intelligence

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

— Stephen Leacock

Great

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

— Stephen Leacock

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.”

— Stephen Leacock

Positive

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

— Stephen Leacock

Men

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

— Stephen Leacock

Imagination

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

— Stephen Leacock

Marriage