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

Quote by Stephen Leacock

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I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the...

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the...

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out...

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out...

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

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

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a...

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a...

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out...

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out...

Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.

Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off...

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off...

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

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

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

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

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I...

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I...

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one...

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one...

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

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

On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be...

On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be...

The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble...

The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble...

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

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

It may be those who do most, dream most.

It may be those who do most, dream most.

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

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

Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in...

Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in...

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will...

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will...

There are only about 20 murders a year in London and not all are serious-some...

There are only about 20 murders a year in London and not all are serious-some...