Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton (; born Edith Newbold Jones, January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer.

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Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

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Edith Wharton

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

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Edith Wharton

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

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There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny.

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Edith Wharton