The House of Mirth Quotes by Edith Wharton

Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer self-depreciation. ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton She was not accustomed to taste the joys of solitude except in company. ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Grace Stepney's mind was like a kind of moral fly-paper, to which the buzzing items of gossip were drawn by a fatal attraction, and where they hung fast in the toils of an inexorable memory. ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness. ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Neither one of the couple cared for money, but their disdain of it took the form of always spending a little more than was prudent. ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

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