Quote by Edith Wharton
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the uni

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. – Edith Wharton

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People pay for what they do, and still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it simply: by the lives they lead. – Edith Wharton

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Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. – Edith Wharton

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People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature. – Daniel Goleman

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