What did Edith Wharton mean by: The worst of doing one’s duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else. Edith Wharton Novelist · United Copy
+ 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
+ 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
+ To be able to look life in the face: that’s worth living in a garret for, isn’t it? Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edith Wharton, Perspective, Resilience, Sacrifice, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing. Author, August 1, 2023January 2, 2025, Edith Wharton, Creativity, Ideas, Inspiration, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ If only we’d stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time. Read explanation Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edith Wharton, Contentment, Happiness, Perspective, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ I’d almost say it’s the worries that make married folks sacred to each other. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edith Wharton, Commitment, Connection, Intimacy, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ Poetry and art are the breath of life to her. Author, October 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Edith Wharton, Creativity, Inspiration, Vitality, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ Life’s just a perpetual piecing together of broken bits. Author, June 1, 2023December 25, 2024, Edith Wharton, Growth, Imperfection, Resilience, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay it Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
