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

Quote by Edith Wharton

Topics: Life Quotes

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in...

I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of...

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of...

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...

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...

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything...

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything...

In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to...

In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to...

The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

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...