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.

About E. B. White

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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).

More quotations from E. B. White

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.

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

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

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I get up every morning determined both to change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning the day difficult.

More quotations tagged with “nature”

The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.

—Daniel Webster

Nature does nothing uselessly.

Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.

—Antoinette Brown Blackwell

The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber, is above the conceptions, as well as the descriptions, of those in health.

—Ann Radcliffe

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

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