There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stoprunning round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time.
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This quote is just one of 22 total Edith Wharton quotes in our collection. Edith Wharton is known for saying 'There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time.' as well as some of the following quotes.
After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
I wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots to undo, and consequently suggests more tugging, and pain, and diversified elements of misery, than the marriage tie.
This quote is just one of 22 total Edith Wharton quotes in our collection. Edith Wharton is known for saying 'There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time.' as well as some of the following quotes.