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Quotes by Edith Wharton

"Life is either always a tight-rope or a featherbed. Give me a tight-rope."

By Edith Wharton

"Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before."

By Edith Wharton

"Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before."

By Edith Wharton

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

By Edith Wharton

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

By Edith Wharton

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