After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
Edith WhartonBeauty (was)a gift which, in the eyes of New York, justified every success, and excused a certain number of failings.
Edith WhartonThere 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