Quotes by Stephen Leacock

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Writer and economist · Canadian

Canadian writer and economist

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Common Themes

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

— Stephen Leacock

life

“A half truth like half a brick is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.”

— Stephen Leacock

proof certainty

“A sportsman is a man who every now and then simply has to get out and kill something. Not that he's cruel. He wouldn't hurt a fly. It's not big enough.”

— Stephen Leacock

sport

“It may be that those who do most dream most.”

— Stephen Leacock

visualization