Edith Wharton Quotes About Happiness
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In our hurried world too little value is attached to the part of the connoisseur and dilettante.
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Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.
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I feel as if I could trust my happiness to carry me; as if it had grown out of me like wings.
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What is one's personality, detached from that of the friends with whom fate happens to have linked one? I cannot think of myself apart from the influence of the two or three greatest friendships of my life, and any account of my own growth must be that of their stimulating and enlightening influence.
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They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods
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Happiness is a work of art. Handle with care.
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There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it.
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There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time.
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If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.
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