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

Quote by Stephen Leacock

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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...

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it...

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it...

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...

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...

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

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...

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which...

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the...

Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the...

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

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

We think of the noble object for which the professor appears to-night, we may be...

We think of the noble object for which the professor appears to-night, we may be...

It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it.

It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it.

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...