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Edith Wharton Quotes: 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.


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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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Order a purge for your brain, it will there be much better employed than upon your stomach.



When I said I didn't have a cent, I didn't. I used to get annoyed with people who said they were broke when they had five dollars.

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