“The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears.” Has BeensLiteratureGrowthTearsNeededParody Book:Leacock on Life Source: Leacock on Life
“In Canada we have enough to do keeping up with two spoken languages ... so we just go right ahead and use English for literature, Scotch for sermons, and American for conversation.” TwoEnoughUseLiteratureLanguageConversationCanadaSermonsScotchSpoken Language Author:Stephen Leacock
“The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.” BookReadingLiteratureClassMedicinePrimitiveMachinery Author:Stephen Leacock
“In earlier times they had no statistics and so they had to fall back on lies. Hence the huge exaggerations of primitive literature, giants, miracles, wonders! It's the size that counts. They did it with lies and we do it with statistics: but it's all the same.” ScienceLyingFallLiteratureWonderHugeMiracleSizeGiantsStatisticsPrimitiveExaggerationFall Back Book:Model memoirs and other sketches from simple to serious Source: Model memoirs and other sketches from simple to serious
