What did Edith Wharton mean by: There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it. Edith Wharton Novelist · United Copy
+ Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. Author, June 9, 2023January 2, 2025, Edith Wharton, Appreciation, Connection, Freedom, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ In our hurried world too little value is attached to the part of the connoisseur and dilettante. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edith Wharton, Appreciation, Knowledge, Time, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ … caprice is as ruinous as routine. Author, October 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Edith Wharton, Routine, 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
+ 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
+ Everybody who does anything at all does too much. Author, September 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Edith Wharton, Balance, Overwhelm, Productivity, 0 Edith Wharton Novelist · United
+ The worst of doing one’s duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edith Wharton, Consequences, Duty, 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
You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
