“Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life and are attached to the duties yet escape the harsher blows make acute and balanced observers.”
George Meredith“A witty woman is a treasure a witty beauty is a power.”
George Meredith“Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl.”
George Meredith“Don't just count your years, make your years count.”
George Meredith“Memoirs are the backstairs of history.”
George Meredith“Memoirs: the backstairs of history.”
George Meredith“The well of true wit is truth itself.”
George Meredith“Speech is the small change of silence.”
George Meredith“We are betrayed by what is false within.”
George Meredith“Chance works for us when we are good captains.”
George Meredith“Prayer for worldly goods is worse than fruitless but prayer for strength of soul is that passion of the soul which catches the gift it seeks.”
George Meredith