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E. B. White

E. B. White

American Writer

Born: Jul 11, 1899

Died: Oct 1, 1985

Man More Nothing People Time World

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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. E. B. White

People Nothing More Disagreement Countries Likely Than Agreement Among Start

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one. E. B. White

Genius Pot More Than Cracked Often Whole Found

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

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel. E. B. White

Space Nothing Promising See Wheel View

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men. E. B. White

You Men Luck Something Mention Self-Made Presence

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. E. B. White

Good True Friend Someone Writer Good Writer True Along Friend Often Who

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. E. B. White

People Humor Few Analyzing Like Few People Frog Dies Interested Dissecting

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. E. B. White

Christmas Year Difficult Every Perceive More Through Becomes

I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright. E. B. White

Man Writing Political Men Way See Born Writer Piece Non-Political Although Perpendicular Upright Many Slant

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. E. B. White

Politics Time Democracy People Half More Than Suspicion Right

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy. E. B. White

Enemy Most Time-Consuming Things

Writing is hard work and bad for the health. E. B. White

Work Hard Work Health Writing Bad Hard

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war. E. B. White

War Time Father Become Before Years Eighteen Dad

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus. E. B. White

Good Man Sense Nothing More Nor Than Handy Farmer Less

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