The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to r… - E.B. White

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The critic leaves at curtain fall
To find, in starting to review it,
He scarcely saw the play at all
For starting to review it.

E.B. White

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About E.B. White

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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Remember that writing is translation, and the opus to be translated is yourself.

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[Writers] should tend to lift people up, not lower them down.

The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all For starting to review it. - E.B. White

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