People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.

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

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

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.

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I hate television. I hate it as much as I hate peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.

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Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

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I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling, I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.

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You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

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Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

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