The making of the substance called character was a process about as slow and arduous as the building of the Pyramids; and the thing itself, like those awful edifices, was mainly useful to lodge one's descendants in, after they too were dust.


The Glimpses of the Moon (1922)

Edith Wharton Quotes

The making of the substance called character was a process about as slow and arduous as the building of the Pyramids; and the thing itself, like...

The making of the substance called character was a process about as slow and arduous as the building of the Pyramids; and the thing itself, like...

The making of the substance called character was a process about as slow and arduous as the building of the Pyramids; and the thing itself, like...

The making of the substance called character was a process about as slow and arduous as the building of the Pyramids; and the thing itself, like...