The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble is that the world doesn't read its books, it borrows a detective story instead.

Quote by Stephen Leacock

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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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The...

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The...

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...

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...

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than...

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than...

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...

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.

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 landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure,...

The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure,...

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

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

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...

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is...

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is...

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

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

Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

''A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal.'' So with men....

''A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal.'' So with men....