After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.

Quote by Edith Wharton

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When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one...

When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one...

To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret...

To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing...

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing...

Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less...

Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less...

What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.

What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.

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...

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

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

It would presently be his task to take the bandage from this young woman's eyes,...

It would presently be his task to take the bandage from this young woman's eyes,...

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.

The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background.

The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background.

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...

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...

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with...

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with...

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

The first half of life is spent in longing for the second - the second...

The first half of life is spent in longing for the second - the second...