661 Quotes by Edith Wharton

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    If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.

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    There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

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    The inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer self-deprecation.

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    There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

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    Make one's center of life inside one's self, not selfishly or excludingly, but with a kind of unassailable serenity.

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    They seemed to suddenly come upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in a winter wood.

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    True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision

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  • Author Edith Wharton
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    There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

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