Now, the essence, the very spirit of christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so — Stephen Leacock
On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be two charges for the same thing. — Stephen Leacock
They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine. — Stephen Leacock
A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something. — Stephen Leacock
Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. — Stephen Leacock
Each section of the british isles has its own way of laughing, except wales, which doesn’t. — Stephen Leacock
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
He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions. — Stephen Leacock
If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but one, there would be little fault to find with it. — Stephen Leacock
It is to be observed that ‘angling’ is the name given to fishing by people who can’t fish. — Stephen Leacock
It’s called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy. — Stephen Leacock
There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike – information and wit. — Stephen Leacock