Edith Wharton Quotes (11+)

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Jan 01, 1970 - Jan 01, 1970

The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

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

Habit is the only thing that keeps the earth from flying to pieces.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

The very act of living is a constant process of elimination.

The secret of life is to be intensely interested in everything.

The real original sin was to be an outsider.

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

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

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

If only wed stop trying to be happy wed have a pretty good time

If only wed stop trying to be happy wed have a pretty good time.

Edith Wharton

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Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author whose novels, like 'The Age of Innocence', masterfully dissected the social elite of old New York.