Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944)
Have you ever been out for a late autumnwalk in the closing part of the afternoon, and suddenly looked up to realize that the leaves have practically all gone And the sun has set and the day gone before you knew it - and with that a cold wind blows across the landscape That's retirement. Stephen Butler Leacock»
Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour. Stephen Butler Leacock»
Most people tire of a lecture in 10 minutes clever people can do it in 5. Sensible people never go to lectures at all. Stephen Butler Leacock»
The mayor gave no other answer than that deepguttural grunt which is technically known in municipal interviews as refusing to commit oneself. Stephen Butler Leacock»
