More from Edith Wharton
There are two ways of spreading light—to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
“Vesalius in Zante (1564)”, in North American Review (November 1902), p. 631No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity.
The House of Mirth (1905), ch. X, pg. 69In context- “Xingu” (1911), from Xingu and Other Stories (1916)
