Edith Wharton
Full Name: Edith Newbold Wharton
Date of Birth: January 24, 1862
Date of Death: August 11, 1937
Country: United States
About Edgar Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton was an influential American novelist, short-story writer, and designer whose work captured the rigid social codes of the upper class. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, earning it for The Age of Innocence. Wharton’s writing explored themes of love, restraint, freedom, and the quiet struggles beneath polite society. Her sharp observations and emotional honesty gave voice to women’s inner lives during a restrictive era. Today, she is celebrated for her realism, elegance, and lasting literary insight.
Quotes by Edith Wharton
Discontentment comes in when the world prefers to see the outer rather than the inner being.
Edith Wharton
Love is to get honesty, not a deception.
Edith Wharton
Personal development sprouts when expectations are put up for examination.
Edith Wharton
Being socially accepted means to give up one's happiness most of the time.
Edith Wharton
The strongest of love feelings are felt when the love is allowed not to be perfect.
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One can know a lot through the wise silence of the witnessed people.
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Joking around, somehow, sometimes, and even in the simplest ways manages to exist within the most rigid old customs.
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The most daring decisions are frequently the ones taken in quietness.
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When love is not allowed, it becomes a burden.
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A classy life is still a mixture of bold choices.
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To conform is the easiest thing, but being real lasts longer.
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Love should be a reason for a larger, not a smaller, life.
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The true sophisticated person is emotionally unambiguous.
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Being quiet may mean one is protected or one is imprisoned.
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It is not rules but rather love that speaks most profoundly.
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A purposeful life considers truth as the primary value and then builds.
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Real emancipation starts when resilience contests customs.
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When society imposes silence, love becomes complex.
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An upscale lifestyle might still be fighting without anyone noticing.
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Often, gentleness signifies inner strength.
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The flame of love is extinguished when the laws of reason take over.
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A nonviolent resistance can shift not just years but a whole span of life.
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Love should be always pleasurable, never obligatory.
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An attentive intellect would pick up the flaws in semblance of being flawless.
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Joy comes to those who, among others, do not need the approval of others.
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Love is where the understanding is, not the judgment.
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Society shapes people's mannerisms but not their hearts.
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Freedom to express one's thought comes with respect for oneself.
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Love becomes weaker and gradually fades when it is ruled by fear.
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A personally experienced life reveals things that are hidden from others.
Edith Wharton
Humor very subtly uncovers the social masks that people are wearing.
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Love has no other place but where openness is.
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Traditions soothe many people but restrict just a few.
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Growth usually involves taking emotional risks.
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Only in the beginning does freedom seem like a scary thing.
