Leo Rosten
Leo Calvin Rosten was an American writer and humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography.
Background
- Born in
- Łódź
- Educated at
- University of Chicago
- Awards
- 🏆 George Polk Award
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"The purpose of life is not to be happy at all. It is to be useful, to be honorable. It is to be compassionate. It is to matter, to have it make some difference that you lived."
"Conservative: One who admires radicals a century after they're dead."
"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong."
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Timeline
1908
Born
Birth1997
Died
Death
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