A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its author had quite probably never heard). It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.
Quote by Edith Wharton
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Life is either always a tight-rope or a featherbed. Give me a tight-rope.
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
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There are two ways of spreading light -- to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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