More quotes by Edith Wharton
The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be
The candle or the mirror that reflects it.
The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
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