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Stephen Leacock was a renowned Canadian writer known for his humor and satire. His works, which extensively covered social commentary and satirical novels, have had a profound impact on later generations.

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Famous Stephen Leacock Quotes

“The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble is that the world doesn't read its books, it borrows a detective story instead.”

World Book Stories Trouble Detectives Detective Stories Anglers

Book:The Penguin Stephen Leacock

Source: The Penguin Stephen Leacock

“Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself - it is the occurring which is difficult.”

Writing Ideas Difficult Trouble Simplicity Creative Writing

Book:Leacock on Life

Source: Leacock on Life

“The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing a scientific treatise on the folk-lore of Central China, or a statistical enquiry into the declining population of Prince Edward Island. But to write something out of one's own mind, worth reading for its own sake, is an arduous contrivance only to be achieved in fortunate moments, few and far in between. Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.”

Source: Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

“It was Einstein who made the real trouble. He announced in 1905 that there was no such thing as absolute rest. After that there never was.”

Made Real Work Trouble Absolutes

Book:On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock : Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944

Source: On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock : Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944

About the Author

Born: December 30, 1869
Died: March 28, 1944
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 96

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