E. B. White Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: July 11, 1899 - October 1, 1985
Birthday: July 11
Death: October 1
A single overstatement, wherever or however it occurs, diminishes the whole, and a carefree superlative has the power to destroy, for the reader, the object of the writer's enthusiasm.
source: William Strunk Jr., E.B. White (1962). “the Elements of Style”
topic: Enthusiasm, Carefree, Reader, Diminish, Superlatives, Overstatement
