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

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The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile...

The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Man counts what he has refused, not what he has given

Man counts what he has refused, not what he has given

Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize...

Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize...

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science...

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science...