E. B. White

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Summertime, oh, summertime, pattern of life indelible, the fade-proof lake, the woods unshatterable, the pasture with the sweetfern and the juniper forever and ever . . . The cottages with their innocent and tranquil design, their tiny docks with the flagpole and the american flag floating against the white clouds in the blue sky, the little paths over the roots of the trees leading from camp to camp. This was the american family at play, escaping the city heat.

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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

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If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I rise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savour) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

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world , were , merely , would

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Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.

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commas , new , yorker

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Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness, natives give it solidity and continuity, but the settlers give it passion.

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give , city , tidal , natives

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To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.

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christmas

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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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only , assume , your

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

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humor

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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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future

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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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good , farmer , nothing

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

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education

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

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men

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Advice to young writers who want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about man, write about a man.

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advice , young , writers , who , want

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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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The first day of spring was once the time for taking the young virgins into the fields, there in dalliance to set an example in fertility for nature to follow. Now we just set the clock an hour ahead and change the oil in the crankcase.

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first , day , spring , once , time

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I liked to sail alone. The sea was the same as a girl to me - I did not want anyone else along.

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liked , sail , sea , same , girl

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A poet dares to be just so clear and no clearer; he approaches lucid ground warily, like a mariner who is determined not to scrape his bottom on anything solid. A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.

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Commuter - one who spends his life in riding to and from his wife; a man who shaves and takes a train, and then rides back to shave again.

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who , his , life , riding

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Humour can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process.

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humour , frog , thing , dies

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Humour plays close to the big, hot fire, which is the truth, and the reader feels the heat.

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humour , plays , close , hot , which

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His words leap across rivers and mountains, but his thoughts are still only six inches long.

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Summertime, oh, summertime, pattern of life indelible, the fade-proof lake, the woods unshatterable, the pasture with the sweetfern and the juniper forever and ever . . . The cottages with their innocent and tranquil design, their tiny docks with the flagpole and the american flag floating against the white clouds in the blue sky, the little paths over the roots of the trees leading from camp to camp. This was the american family at play, escaping the city heat.

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pattern , life , woods , pasture , forever

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Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness, natives give it solidity and continuity, but the settlers give it passion.

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give , city , tidal , natives

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Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy. This gives the experience of reading a sublimity and power unequalled by any other form of communication.

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reading , work , alert , ideal , conditions

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To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.

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christmas

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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

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When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.

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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

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

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men

Chanakya Neeti - Eleventh Chapter , English Proverb , Manning Barish , Arabic Proverb , Chanakya Neeti - Third Chapter

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