It was the old New York way of taking life "without effusion of blood": the way of people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency above courage, and who considered that nothing was more ill-bred than "scenes," except the behavior of those who gave rise to them.


The Age of Innocence, 33

Edith Wharton Quotes

It was the old New York way of taking life without effusion of blood: the way of people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency...

It was the old New York way of taking life without effusion of blood: the way of people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency...

It was the old New York way of taking life without effusion of blood: the way of people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency...

It was the old New York way of taking life without effusion of blood: the way of people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency...