What did Edith Wharton mean by: I feel as if I could trust my happiness to carry me; as if it had grown out of me like wings. Edith Wharton Novelist · United Copy
+ When a man says he doesn’t understand a woman it’s because he won’t take the trouble. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edith Wharton, Communication, Effort, Understanding, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ Inkstands and tea-cups are never as full as when one upsets them. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edith Wharton, Accidents, Chaos, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ The visible world is a daily miracle, for those who have eyes and ears. Author, December 14, 2023December 29, 2024, Edith Wharton, Awareness, Perception, Wonder, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ Happiness is a work of art. Handle with care. Author, October 9, 2023January 2, 2025, Edith Wharton, Art, Care, Joy, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn’t any. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edith Wharton, Acceptance, Consequences, Denial, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ Life is the saddest thing there is, next to death. Author, August 27, 2023January 2, 2025, Edith Wharton, Death, Life, Sadness, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ traditions that have lost their meaning are the hardest of all to destroy. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edith Wharton, Destruction, Heritage, Meaning, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edith Wharton, Comparison, fragility, Vanity, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A man can keep another’s secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
