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66Three quotes by Stephen Leacock99

Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian economist, writer and humorist.

❝I detest life-insurance agents; they argue that some day I shall die, which is not so.❞ [+]

❝I owe a lot to my teachers and mean to pay them back some day.❞ [+]

❝Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.❞ [+]

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