40 ordspråk av Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock föddes den December 30th 1869 och dog den 28 March 1944 - Canadian writer
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 In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies. |
| It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish. |
| It may be those who do most, dream most. |
| It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required. |
| It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it |
| It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it |
| It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy |
| Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour |
| Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions |
| Many a man in love with a dimple makes a mistake of marrying the whole girl |
| Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect |
| Newspapermen learn to call a murderer "an alleged murderer" and the King of England "the alleged King of England" to avoid libel suits. |
| Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so |
| On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be two charges for the same thing. |
| Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. |
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