All Edith Wharton Quotes
- I don't believe in God, but I do believe in His saints. Believe
- Society soon grows used to any state of things which is imposed upon it without explanation. Any
- Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope. Bed
- After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others. All
- The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing. Air
- I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting. Care
- True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. Consists
- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. Counselor
- I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. Bit
- When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as… Ask
- I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. Adapted
- There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Appreciation
- If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. Advice
- Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins. All
- My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet. Animal
- Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. Age
- Silence may be as variously shaded as speech. Inspirational
- A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue. Diploma
- Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. Another Unsettling
- He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of an inarticulate lifetime. All
- Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. Break
- The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background. American
- The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it. Deal
- The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else. Anything Else
- What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out. Ems