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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. Elwyn Brooks White
To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. Elwyn Brooks White
The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people. Elwyn Brooks White
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. Elwyn Brooks White
All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather who walks bent over on wet days. Elwyn Brooks White
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street. Elwyn Brooks White
There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. Elwyn Brooks White
Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim. Elwyn Brooks White
Nobody talks about cancer until they have to, and then, it's really all you can talk about. Yael Cohen