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Edith Wharton Quotes Page 2 of 2Edith Wharton January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937 Nationality: American Category: Author Subcategory: American Author
| To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it? | Silence may be as variously shaded as speech. | The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else. | In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears. | Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. | I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. | If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. | Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive. |
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