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“It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.”

Stephen Leacock · Politics

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Stephen Leacock

Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

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It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.

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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.

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I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

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