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Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton
American Author
Born: Jan 24, 1862
Died: Aug 11, 1937
Deal Good Life Man New People
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton
Light Mirror Ways Spreading Reflects Candle Two
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. Edith Wharton
Vision Consists True New Manner Originality
My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet. Edith Wharton
Dog Pet Feet Heartbeat Little
Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. Edith Wharton
Life Wisdom Experience Become Moral Only Through Counselor Part Does Real Personal Personal Experience Tissue
Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins. Edith Wharton
Mother Monotony Beware Deadly Sins
I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting. Edith Wharton
Life Man Care Made Easy Someone Know Want Interesting Should Who
Silence may be as variously shaded as speech. Edith Wharton
Silence May Speech
The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else. Edith Wharton
Duty Else Worst Doing Anything Anything Else Apparently
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. Edith Wharton
Death Freedom Age Old Free Calm Old Age Universe Broad Haughty Delicious Breadth Flowing
I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. Edith Wharton
Time People Bit Cases Various Generally Had Different Happens Story Different Story Each Each Time
I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. Edith Wharton
Good Political Enough Spite Never Known Author Political Views Being Views Novel Adapted
When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say. Edith Wharton
Time People Long Half Say More Take Always Yes Ask Letter
The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it. Edith Wharton
Great Money Great Deal Think Way About Only Deal
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. Edith Wharton
Art Before Symptom Immaturity Dread Has-Been Unsettling Another Doing Been Modern Done Modern Art Common Element
In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears. Edith Wharton
Good Tears Enough Only Come Subject Any Probe Really Deep
He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of an inarticulate lifetime. Edith Wharton
Memories Once Lifetime Had He Deal Stifled Packed Inarticulate Regrets

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