Stephen Leacock

the attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile as if you passed a read more

the attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile as if you passed a law to send a man to jail for eating cucumber salad

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

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

The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive read more

The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.

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

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

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

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