Stephen Leacock ( 10 of 10 )
Many men in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
Many men in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
Many a man in love with a dimple makes a mistake of marrying the whole girl.
Many a man in love with a dimple makes a mistake of marrying the whole girl.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I
have of it.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I
have of it.
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries read more
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.
It may be those who do most, dream most.
It may be those who do most, dream most.
The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive read more
The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.
Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, read more
Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent read more
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some text books.
the attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile as if you passed a read more
the attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile as if you passed a law to send a man to jail for eating cucumber salad
