George Meredith Quotes
Memoirs: the backstairs of history.
Speech is the small change of silence.
She heard the snuffle of hypocrisy in her prayer. She had to cease to pray.
Kissing don't last: cookery do.
A witty woman is a treasure a witty beauty is a power.
There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by.
Ah what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!
I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.
Why mayn't they do what men do?' the Hero cried impetuously. 'I hate that contemptible narrow-minded...
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Published memoirs indicate the end of a man's activity and that he acknowledges the end.
Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.
Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life and are attached to the duties yet esca...
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Caricature is rough truth.
Cynicism is intellectual dandyism without the coxcomb's feathers.
The well of true wit is truth itself.
Prayer for worldly goods is worse than fruitless but prayer for strength of soul is that passion of...
Show MoreWho rises from prayer a better man his prayer is answered.
We are betrayed by what is false within.
Memoirs are the backstairs of history.
Don't just count your years, make your years count.
Chance works for us when we are good captains.
Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl.
