"It's broccoli, dear." "I say it's spinach, and I say the h… - E. B. White

"It's broccoli, dear." "I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it."

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Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American essayist, columnist, poet and editor. He is best known today for his work in a writers' guide, The Elements of Style, and for three children's books Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan generally regarded as classics.

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Native Name: Elwyn Brooks White

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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.

Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.

"It's broccoli, dear." "I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it." - E. B. White

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