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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If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldnt use, I would hire a professor and get some text books. – 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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If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women. – Jack Nicholson

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A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position. – Oscar Wilde

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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes. – Oscar Wilde

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