Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Edith Wharton Writer

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jan 24, 1862
  • Died: Aug 11, 1937

Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt.

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. aging, death & freedom

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. being good & time

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

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

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

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. art

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 thoughts from Robert Browning

22 thoughts from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 sayings from Honore de Balzac

53 sayings from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 more quotes from Henry Ward Beecher

58 more quotes from Henry Ward Beecher