Stephen Leacock Quotes


You cannot depict love inside a frame of fact. It needs a mist to dissolve in.


Citations

Leacock, Stephen. Charles Dickens: His Life and Work. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1934, p. 65.

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Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock
  • Born: December 30, 1869
  • Died: March 28, 1944
  • Nationality: Canadian
  • Profession: Economist

Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock FRSC was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humourist in the world. He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies.