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Quote by Edith Wharton
People pay for what they do, and still more, for what they have al

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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There are moments when a mans imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny. – Edith Wharton

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Imagination
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Life is the only real counselor wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. – Edith Wharton

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Experience
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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. – Edith Wharton

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As the blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, similarly, the fire of Self-knowledge reduces all Karma to ashes. – Bhagavad Gita

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The cool thing about free will is that even if one has a huge bag of karma there is still a lot of free will for all those souls coming into the world. – Kuan Yin

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Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. – Proverb

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Men may not get all they pay for in this world; but they must certainly pay for all they get. – Frederick Douglas

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