Quote by Stephen Leacock
Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dis

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. – Stephen Leacock

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Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it. – Stephen Leacock

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A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. – Stephen Leacock

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There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men. – Black Elk

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In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. – Henry David Thoreau

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When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different. – George Santayana

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It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. – Jean de la Bruyere

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Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories. – From the movie An Affair to Remember, written by Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stew

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Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them. – Bill Cosby

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When a man has lost all happiness, he’s not alive. Call him a breathing corpse. – Sophocles

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