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 More Quotes by Stephen Leacock More Quotes From Stephen Leacock Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Stephen Leacock billiards pool inspirational The Lord said 'let there be wheat' and Saskatchewan was born Stephen Leacock economy wheat lord On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be two charges for the same thing Stephen Leacock bills sides two It was Einstein who made the real trouble. He announced in 1905 that there was no such thing as absolute rest. After that there never was. Stephen Leacock real trouble work It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish. Stephen Leacock fishing sea lakes 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 music kind suicide As for politics, well, it all seemed reasonable enough. When the Conservatives got in anywhere, [Judge] Pepperleigh laughed and enjoyed it, simply because it does one good to see a straight, fine, honest fight where the best man wins. When a Liberal got in, it made him mad, and he said so,-not, mind you; from any political bias, for his office forbid it,-but simply because one can't bear to see the country go absolutely to the devil. Stephen Leacock fighting winning country Most people tire of a lecture in ten minutes; clever people can do it in five. Sensible people never go to lectures at all. But the people who do go to a lecture and who get tired of it, presently hold it as a sort of grudge against the lecturer personally. In reality his sufferings are worse than theirs. Stephen Leacock tired clever reality Too much has been said of the heroes of history-the strong men, the troublesome men; too little of the amiable, the kindly, the tolerant. Stephen Leacock strong hero men We think of the noble object for which the professor appears tonight, we may be assured that the Lord will forgive any one who will laugh at the professor. Stephen Leacock forgiving laughing thinking The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine. Stephen Leacock reading class book The great man... walks across his century and leaves the marks of his feet all over it, ripping out the dates on his goloshes as he passes. Stephen Leacock greatness feet men The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile as if you passed a law to send a man to jail for eating cucumber salad. Stephen Leacock beer silly men Any man will admit if need be that his sight is not good, or that he cannot swim or shoots badly with a rifle, but to touch upon his sense of humour is to give him mortal affront. Stephen Leacock sight giving men The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble is that the world doesn't read its books, it borrows a detective story instead. Stephen Leacock stories book world It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy. Stephen Leacock economy politics political It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it. Stephen Leacock forgiving heaven lying 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. Stephen Leacock childhood village jail I admit that when the facts are not good enough, I always exaggerate them. Stephen Leacock not-good-enough good-enough facts There is an old motto that runs, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." This is nonsense. It ought to read, "If at first you don't succeed, quit, quit at once." Stephen Leacock running trying firsts
