All George Meredith Quotes
- She whom I love is hard to catch and conquer, Hard, but O the glory of the winning were she won! Catch
- Heiresses are never jilted. Heiress
- My religion of life is always to be cheerful. Cheerful
- The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper for freedom than can be struck anywhere. Agnostic
- On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose, Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiend . . . He reached a middle height, and at… Ancient
- Observation is the most enduring of the pleasures of life. Endure
- Lowly, with a broken neck, The crocus lays her cheek to mire. Broken
- Caricature is rough truth. Art
- 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… Bush
- What a dusty answer gets the soul When hot for certainties in this our life! Answer
- Prepare, You lovers, to know Love a thing of moods: Not like hard life, of laws. Hard
- The well of true wit is truth itself. Inspirational
- Woman's reason is in the milk of her breasts. Breasts
- Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity. Approach
- The man of science is nothing if not a poet gone wrong. Gone
- We know the degree of refinement in people by the matter they laugh at and the ring of the laugh. Degree
- 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… Catches
- But O the truth, the truth. The many eyes That look on it The diverse things they see. Diverse
- It is the devil's masterstroke to get us to accuse him Accuse
- Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself. Benevolence
- And if I drink oblivion of a day, / So shorten I the stature of my soul. Day
- Full lasting is the song, though he, / The singer, passes. Full
- A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power. Beauty
- Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose. Always Imitate
- Kissing don't last: cookery do! Cookery