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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

Other quotes by Edith Wharton

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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Art
Author
Edith Wharton
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There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries. – Edith Wharton

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Banks / Banking
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Edith Wharton
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Without the karma of good deeds, they are only destroying themselves. – Sri Guru Granth Sahib

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There are the waves and there is the wind, seen and unseen forces. Everyone has these same elements in their lives, the seen and unseen, karma and free will. – 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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