If only wed stop trying to be happy wed have a pretty good time.
— Edith Wharton
Famous Quotes
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
— Edith Wharton
Famous Quotes
Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.
Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. That roofs earth's millions.
There are two ways of spreading light: to beThe candle or the mirror that reflects it.
— Edith Wharton
Creativity
It was part of her discernment to be aware that life is the only real counselor, that wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissues.
A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.
The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
He had come on her that morning in a moment of disarray; her face had been pale and altered, and the diminution of her beauty had lent her a poignant charm. That is how she looks when she is alone! had been his first thought; and the second was to note in her the change which his coming produced.