“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
— E. B. White
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Category: life
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Writing is an act of faith, not
“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.”
— E. B. White
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Category: faith
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog.
“Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.”
— E. B. White
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Category: humor
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Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves
“Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.”
— E. B. White
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Category: humor
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You
“Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.”
— E. B. White
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Category: time
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I would feel more optimistic about a
“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.”
— E. B. White
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Category: nature
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I see nothing in space as promising
“I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.”
— E. B. White
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Be obscure clearly.
“Be obscure clearly.”
— E. B. White
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Category: funny
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Genius is more often found in a
“Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.”
— E. B. White
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Category: intelligence
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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more
“Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.”
— E. B. White
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Category: politics
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Everything in life is somewhere else, and
“Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.”
— E. B. White
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Category: funny
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