Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
Stephen Leacock Quotes
When you meet Mr. Smith first you think he looks like an over-dressed pirate. Then you begin to think him a character. You wonder at his enormous bulk. Then the utter hopelessness of knowing what Smith is thinking by merely looking at his features gets on your mind and makes the Mona Lisa seem an open book and the ordinary human countenance as superficial as a puddle in the sunlight.
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| Birth: | 30th December, 1869 |
| Death: | 28th March, 1944 |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Profession: | Humorist, Political Scientist, Teacher, Writer |
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