The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears.


Humor and humanity: an introduction to the study of humor (ed. 1938)

Stephen Leacock Quotes

The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears.

The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears.

The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears.

The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears.