Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock
Stephen P. H Butler Leacock, FRSCwas a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between the years 1910 and 1925, he was the most widely read English-speaking author in the world. He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies. The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour was named in his honour...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 December 1869
CountryCanada
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Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions
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The general idea, of course, in any first-class laundry is to see that no shirt or collar ever comes back twice.
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A 'Grand Old Man'. That means on our continent any one with snow white hair who has kept out of jail till eighty.
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We think of the noble object for which the professor appears to-night, we may be assured that the Lord will forgive any one who will laugh at the professor
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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.
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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.
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He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.
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Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
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Humour in its highest reach mingles with pathos: it voices sorrow for our human lot and reconciliation with it.
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Professors of theory merely hold post-mortems.
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You frequently ask, where are the friends of your childhood, and urge that they shall be brought back to you. As far as I am able to learn, those of your friends who are not in jail are still right there in your native village. You point out that they were wont to share your gambols, If so, you are certainly entitled to have theirs now.
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The English are terribly lazy about fighting. They like to get it over and done with and then set up a game of cricket.
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My parents migrated to Canada in 1876, and I decided to go with them.
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The Lord said 'let there be wheat' and Saskatchewan was born