Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Stephen Leacock Writer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Canada
  • Born: Dec 30, 1869
  • Died: Mar 28, 1944

Stephen P. H Butler Leacock, FRSC was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between the years 1910 and 1925, he was the most widely read English-speaking author in the world. He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies. The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour was named in his honour.

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

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

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

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. Christmas

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

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

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

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

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 wisdom & wit from John Millington Synge

3 wisdom & wit from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 thoughts from William Butler Yeats

28 thoughts from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 quotes from Dave Barry

27 quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 more quotes from Winston Churchill

74 more quotes from Winston Churchill