Quotes of George Meredith - somelinesforyou

“ Speech is the small change of silence. ”

- George Meredith

“ Memoirs are the backstairs of history. ”

- George Meredith

“ Kissing don’t last: cookery do. ”

- George Meredith

“ Spiral!" the memorable Lady terms Our mind's ascent. ”

- George Meredith

“ Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered. ”

- George Meredith

“ A kiss is but a kiss now! And no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. But, as you will! We'll sit contentedly, and eat our pot of honey on the grave. ”

- George Meredith

“ 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

“ How many a thing which we cast to the ground,When others pick it up, becomes a gem! ”

- George Meredith

“ Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose. ”

- George Meredith

“ Cynicism is intellectual dandyism, without the coxcomb's feathers. ”

- George Meredith

“ I know him, February's thrush, And loud at eve he valentines On sprays that paw the naked bush Where soon will sprout the thorns and bines. ”

- George Meredith

“ Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose. ”

- George Meredith

“ He thanked me, observing that there were days when you lay on your back and the sky rained apples; while there were other days when you wore your fingers down to the first joint to catch a flea. Such was Fortune! ”

- George Meredith

“ Kissing don't last: cookery does! ”

- George Meredith

“ Kissing don't last: cookery does! ”

- George Meredith

“ Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl. ”

- George Meredith

“ That rarest gift to Beauty, Common Sense! ”

- George Meredith

“ A kiss is but a kiss now! And no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. But, as you will! We'll sit contentedly, and eat our pot of honey on the grave. ”

- George Meredith

“ Kissing don't last: cookery does! ”

- George Meredith

“ The season of love is the carnival of egoism and it brings a touchstone to our natures. ”

- George Meredith

“ Kissing don't last: cookery does! ”

- George Meredith

“ How many a thing which we cast to the ground,When others pick it up, becomes a gem! ”

- George Meredith

“ Perfect simplicity is unconsciously audacious. ”

- George Meredith

“ She poured a little social sewage into his ears. ”

- George Meredith

“ Memoirs: the backstairs of history. ”

- George Meredith

“ Memoirs are the backstairs of history. ”

- George Meredith

“ Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose. ”

- George Meredith

“ Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this, our life! ”

- George Meredith

“ I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. ”

- George Meredith

“ I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. ”

- George Meredith
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