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> [A lone maple leaf resting on sand Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing part of the afternoon, and suddenly looked up to realize that the leaves have practically all gone? And the sun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/a-lone-maple-leaf-resting-on-sand-have-you-ever-been-out-for-a-late/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

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> [How strange it is, our little procession of life! The child says, "When I am a big boy." But what is that? The big boy says, "When I grow up." And then, grown up, he says, "When I get married."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/how-strange-it-is-our-little-procession-of-life-the-child-says-when-i/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

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## More by Stephen Leacock

> [My parents migrated to Canada in 1876, and I decided to go with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/my-parents-migrated-to-canada-in-1876-and-i-decided-to-go-with-them/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [You frequently ask, where are the friends of your childhood, and urge that they shall be brought back to you. As far as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/you-frequently-ask-where-are-the-friends-of-your-childhood-and-urge/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [The parent who could see his boy as he really is, would shake his head and say: 'Willie is no good; I'll sell him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/the-parent-who-could-see-his-boy-as-he-really-is-would-shake-his-head/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/it-s-called-political-economy-because-it-is-has-nothing-to-do-with/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [How can you shorten the subject? That stern struggle with the multiplication table, for many people not yet ended in victory, how can you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/how-can-you-shorten-the-subject-that-stern-struggle-with-the/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [A silk dress in four sections, and shoes with high heels that would have broken the heart of John Calvin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/a-silk-dress-in-four-sections-and-shoes-with-high-heels-that-would/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [Humor may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life, and the artistic expression thereof.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/humor-may-be-defined-as-the-kindly-contemplation-of-the-incongruities/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [Chess is one long regret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/chess-is-one-long-regret/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [A lone maple leaf resting on sand Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing part of the afternoon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/a-lone-maple-leaf-resting-on-sand-have-you-ever-been-out-for-a-late/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/in-ancient-times-they-had-no-statistics-so-they-had-to-fall-back-on/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [“Suppose a would-be writer can't begin? I really believe there are many excellent writers who have never written because they never could begin. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/suppose-a-would-be-writer-can-t-begin-i-really-believe-there-are-many/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [We think of the noble object for which the professor appears tonight, we may be assured that the Lord will forgive any one who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/we-think-of-the-noble-object-for-which-the-professor-appears-tonight/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/many-a-man-in-love-with-a-dimple-makes-the-mistake-of-marrying-the/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing a scientific treatise on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/the-writing-of-solid-instructive-stuff-fortified-by-facts-and-figures/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

> [Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-leacock/advertising-the-science-of-arresting-the-human-intelligence-long/)

[Stephen Leacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-leacock/)

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