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.
From Stephen Leacock
Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.
I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.
Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.
Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.
There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.
A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something.
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