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Elwyn Brooks White Quotes

Elwyn Brooks White

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

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

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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.

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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.

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I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.

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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

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

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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

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Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself – a lad of about 19.

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