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Inkstands and tea-cups are never as full as when one upsets them.
Edith Wharton
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Edith Wharton
Age: 75 †
Born: 1862
Born: January 24
Died: 1937
Died: August 11
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Edith Newbold Jones
Edith Newbold Jones Wharton
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Her failure was a useful preliminary to success.
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