1,140 Quotes by E. B. White

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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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    The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines.

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    It is at a fair that man can be drunk forever on liquor, love, or fights; at a fair that your front pocket can be picked by a trotting horse looking for sugar, and your hind pocket by a thief looking for his fortune.

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    I was disappointed, because I wanted to be a state champion in my senior year. But there were some excellent wrestlers in that tournament. All were great to just get there. I still was disappointed, though. I came so close to winning it all.

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