Edith Wharton

Quotes

• “There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansio...”
• “Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done bef...”
• “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”
• “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
• “If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.”
• “To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom.”