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Men Quotes by Stephen Leacock
- A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something.
- As for politics, well, it all seemed reasonable enough. When the Conservatives got in anywhere, [Judge] Pepperleigh laughed and enjoyed it, simply because it does…
- Too much has been said of the heroes of history-the strong men, the troublesome men; too little of the amiable, the kindly, the tolerant.
- The minute a man is convinced he is interesting, he isn't.
- Any man will admit if need be that his sight is not good, or that he cannot swim or shoots badly with a rifle, but…
- The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile as if you passed a law to send a man…
- The great man... walks across his century and leaves the marks of his feet all over it, ripping out the dates on his goloshes as…
- You know, many a man realizes late in life that if when he was a boy he had known what he knows now, instead of…
- A barber is by nature and inclination a sport. He can tell you at what exact hour the ball game is to begin, can foretell…
- Presently I shall be introduced as 'this venerable old gentleman' and the axe will fall when they raise me to the degree of 'grand old…
- Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.
- Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
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