Maxioms by E. B. White
Thurber did not write the way a surgeon operates, he wrote the way a child skips rope, the way a read more
Thurber did not write the way a surgeon operates, he wrote the way a child skips rope, the way a mouse waltzes.
A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove read more
A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent.
Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent.
In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.
In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.
