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Edith Wharton Quotes: Life has a way of overgrowing its achievements as well as its ruins.
         

Life has a way of overgrowing its achievements as well as its ruins.


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

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



The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.



To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.



One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.



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

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



The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!



Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.



One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.




Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.





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Perception is reality.

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Calories don’t count if they’re connected to a celebration. Everyone knows this.

Calories don’t count if they’re connected to a celebration. Everyone knows this.



Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.

Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.



I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now.

I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now.



There's no going back from what happened. You can go back and understand the past, but you can't go back and change it.

There's no going back from what happened. You can go back and understand the past, but you can't go back and change it.



Usually, when you go to a movie, your consciousness floats above the film. 3D sucks you in and makes it a visceral experience.

Usually, when you go to a movie, your consciousness floats above the film. 3D sucks you in and makes it a visceral experience.



Some honorable men spend their whole life preparing for a supreme act of treachery

Some honorable men spend their whole life preparing for a supreme act of treachery



To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.



More evangelicals today will visit abortion mills as clients than as ambassadors of Jesus Christ.

More evangelicals today will visit abortion mills as clients than as ambassadors of Jesus Christ.




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