Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to … - Edith Wharton

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Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair.

Edith Wharton

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Edith Wharton (24 January 1862 – 11 August 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer and designer.

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Birth Name: Edith Newbold Jones

Alternative Names: Edith Newbold Jones Wharton • Edith Jones • Wharton, Edith, 1862–1937

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Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. I loved light ever, light in eye and brain — No tapers mirrored in long palace floors, Nor dedicated depths of silent aisles, But just the common dusty wind-blown day That roofs earth's millions.

We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair. - Edith Wharton

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