Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. – Stephen Leacock
Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. – Stephen Leacock
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. – Stephen Leacock
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. – Stephen Leacock