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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

I detest life-insurance agents; they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.: Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.: Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)
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Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.: Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)
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Results from Classic Quotes:

Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.: Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944), "Nonsense Novels",1911

Results from Cole's Quotables:

It may be that those who do most, dream most.: Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)
I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.: Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

Anybody who has listened to certain kinds of music, or read certain kinds of poetry, or heard certain kinds of performances on the concertina, will admit that even suicide has its brighter aspects.: Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944), 1912
A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to go out and kill something.: Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.: Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)
Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort.: Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)

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