Good deeds never go unpunished.
E. B. WHITEWell,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
More E. B. White Quotes
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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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Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
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We’re born, we live a little while, we die. A spider’s life can’t help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone’s life can stand a little of that.
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In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.
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A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
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Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had. And when you are reading a book, you and the author are alone together-just the two of you.
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Never hurry and never worry!
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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Mother: It’s broccoli, dear. — Child: I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.
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The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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A schoolchild should be taught grammar-for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.
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Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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I don’t know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
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