More from E. B. (Elwyn Brooks) White

  1. Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess it always will. But I love it just the same.
  2. As long as there is one upright man, as long as their is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. H…
  3. If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning…
  4. Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society - thin…
  5. One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
  6. A man who publishes his letters becomes a nudist - nothing shields him from the world's gaze except his bare skin. A writer, writing away, …
  7. 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 he…
  8. Ideally, a book of letters should be published posthumously. The advantages are obvious: the editor enjoys a free hand, and the author enjo…

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