Edith Wharton Quotes

Best 30+ Edith Wharton Messages, Quotes, and Images

It was harder to drown at sunrise than in darkness.

It was harder to drown at sunrise than in darkness.

Inkstands and tea-cups are never as full as when one upsets them.

Inkstands and tea-cups are never as full as when one upsets them.

Her failure was a useful preliminary to success.

Her failure was a useful preliminary to success.

She was not accustomed to taste the joys of solitude except in company.

She was not accustomed to taste the joys of solitude except in company.

She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.

She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.

We ought to be opening a bottle of wine!

We ought to be opening a bottle of wine!

As the pain that can be told is but half a pain, so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch.

As the pain that can be told is but half a pain, so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch.

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

Life is made up of compromises.

Life is made up of compromises.

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

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

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Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

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Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.

Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.

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To every problem, there is a most simple solution.

To every problem, there is a most simple solution.

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To describe happiness is to diminish it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

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Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes.

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes.

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But the stars that marked our starting fall away. We must go deeper into greater pain, for it is not permitted that we stay.

But the stars that marked our starting fall away. We must go deeper into greater pain, for it is not permitted that we stay.

Author: Dante Alighieri