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Edith Wharton Biography:
Was an American novelist, short story writer and designer.
Date of Birth: January 24, 1862.
Died on: August 11, 1937 at 75 years.
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.

Category: Criticism

Author: Edith Wharton

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The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

Category: Money

Author: Edith Wharton

To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?

Category: Life

Author: Edith Wharton

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

Category: Originality

Author: Edith Wharton

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

Category: Silence

Author: Edith Wharton

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

Category: Life

Author: Edith Wharton

Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.

Category: Life

Author: Edith Wharton

If we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.

Category: Happiness

Author: Edith Wharton

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.

Category: Habits

Author: Edith Wharton

Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.

Category: Monotony

Author: Edith Wharton

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