Edith Wharton Quotes

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

Edith Wharton

There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny.

Edith Wharton

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

Edith Wharton

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

Edith Wharton

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

Edith Wharton