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

Quote by Edith Wharton

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Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

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,...

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...

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...

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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,...

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,...

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 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,...

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.