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

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, read more

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.

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from 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.

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.