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"Stephen Leacock Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 30 December 1869. Died: 28 March 1944 | Teacher | Political scientist | Writer | Humourist |

Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour.

Life Will learn Too late The living
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I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.

Great believer In luck The harder I work
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Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

Advertising The science Arresting Human intelligence
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Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.

Astronomy teachers Correct us The sun The planets
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In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

Ancient times No statistics Fall back On lies
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Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

Men To trust Exact degree Dishonesty
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It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

Political economy Politics Economy
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There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

Two things Ordinary conversation People dislike Information
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I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

Detest Life insurance Always argue Some day
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Stephen Leacock Quotes & Sayings