The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.
Edith Wharton Quotes
1862–1937 United States
Edith Wharton (24 January 1862 – 11 August 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer and designer.
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- Episcopalians
Also known as: Wharton, Edith
32 quotes
There are two ways of spreading light: to be
The candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Vesalius in Zante (1564)
The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
The House of Mirth (1905)
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
The Writing of Fiction (1925)
No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity.
The House of Mirth (1905)
Nancy, the most beautiful town in France, has never been as beautiful as now.
I wonder why rich people always grow fat—I suppose it's because there's nothing to worry them.
The House of Mirth (1905)
It frightened him to think what must have gone to the making of her eyes.
The Age of Innocence (1920)
Xingu (1911)
The Children (1928)
A Backward Glance (1934)
The Writing of Fiction (1925)
I believe she keeps on being queenly in her own room, with the door shut.
The House of Mirth (1905)
Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.
A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.
The Age of Innocence (1920)
There's no such thing as old age; there is only sorrow.
A Backward Glance (1934)
I can't love you unless I give you up.
The Age of Innocence (1920)
Sanctuary (1903)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edith Wharton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.