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There
are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or
the mirror that reflects it.
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Giving
If
only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a
pretty good time.
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Happiness
I have
never known a novel that was good enough to be good
in spite of its being adapted to the author's
political views.
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Literature
I
wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil,
which one contains tighter knots to undo, and
consequently suggests more tugging, and pain, and
diversified elements of misery, than the marriage
tie.
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Marriage
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How
much longer are we going to think it necessary to be
''American'' before (or in contradistinction to)
being cultivated, being enlightened, being humane,
and having the same intellectual discipline as other
civilized countries?
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Patriotism
Almost
everybody in the neighborhood had ''troubles,''
frankly localized and specified; but only the chosen
had ''complications.'' To have them was in itself a
distinction, though it was also, in most cases, a
death warrant. People struggled on for years wit
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Problems
Edith
Wharton
1862-1937, American Author
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