A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.

Quote by Edith Wharton

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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have...

After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have...

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of...

I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of...

The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I...

I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I...

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite...

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite...

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into...

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into...

They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in...

They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in...

He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of...

He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of...

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

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

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

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

There are moments when a man's imagination so easily subdued to what it lives in,...

There are moments when a man's imagination so easily subdued to what it lives in,...

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

There are moments when a man's imagination so easily subdued to what it lives in,...

There are moments when a man's imagination so easily subdued to what it lives in,...

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

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

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

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

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that...

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that...

Never will you see your wrong, when you always see that youre right.

Never will you see your wrong, when you always see that youre right.

Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit...

Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit...

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be...

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be...