“If only wed stop trying to be happy wed have a pretty good time.”

More from Edith Wharton

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

  — Edith Wharton · Famous Quotes

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

  — Edith Wharton · Wisdom

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