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| Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its author had quite probably never heard). It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness. A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue. 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. 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. If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.If we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope. Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it. 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. True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. |
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