Edith Wharton Quotes about Giving

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Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

Edith Wharton

Life, Giving, Bed

...and wondering where he had read that clever liars give details, but that the cleverest do not.

Edith Wharton

Clever, Liars, Giving

Edith Wharton (2015). “The Age of Innocence”, p.239, Booklassic

Life is either always a tight-rope or a featherbed. Give me a tight-rope.

Edith Wharton

Inspirational, Life, Giving

The turnings of life seldon show a sign-post; or rather, though the sign is always there, it is usually placed some distance back, like the notices that give warning of a bad hill or a level railway-crossing.

Edith Wharton

Distance, Giving, Warning

Staunch & faithful little lovers that they are, they give back a hundred fold every sign of love one ever gives them — & it mitigates the pang of losing them to know how very happy a little affection has made them .

Edith Wharton

Giving, Faithful, Lovers

"The letters of Edith Wharton".