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)
More about courage
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
?UnattributedOften credited to Winston Churchill
