Quotes by Wharton, Edith

Almost everybody in the neighborhood had troubles, frankly localized a >>

There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American att >>

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of >>

Quotations about Bankers and Banking

I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare >>

What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank? >>

It is no accident that banks resemble temples, preferably Greek, and t >>

There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries.

Wharton, Edith