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

About E. B. White

Portrait of E. B. White

Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer, essayist, and a contributing editor for The New Yorker magazine. He was also the author of highly popular books for children: Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970).

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The trouble with the profit system has always been that it is highly unprofitable to most people.

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The time in our own life when we came closest to being convinced by silence was one time at sea in a light fall of snow. We heard nothing — no gravel, no wind, no waves, no wolves, no bell buoy. It was convincing and it was beautiful.

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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.

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change-and we all instinctively avoid it.

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Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

—Josh Billings

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.

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The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

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Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.

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It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English — up to fifty words used in correct context — no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.

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