Stephen Leacock

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

#flung #himself #his #horse #madly

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

#always #argue #day #detest #die

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

— Stephen Leacock

#girl #love #makes #man #many

Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

#effort #form #game #golf #law

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

— Stephen Leacock

#arresting #enough #get #human #human intelligence

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

— Stephen Leacock

#alice #encyclopedia #i #personally #sooner

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

— Stephen Leacock

#believer #find #great #great believer #harder

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

— Stephen Leacock

#every #every day #hour #late #learn

The Lord said 'let there be wheat' and Saskatchewan was born. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

#lord #said #saskatchewan #wheat

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

— Stephen Leacock

#able #another #degree #dishonesty #entitled