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Elwyn Brooks White Quotes

Elwyn Brooks White

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.

Across Education English Judgment Luck Mere More Sheer Sometimes Street Taste Usage

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

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

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Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.

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

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

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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.

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