Down to earth Quote by George Meredith

Caricature is rough truth.

— George Meredith

In tragic life, God wot, No villain need be! Passions spin the plot: We are betrayed by what is false within.

— George Meredith

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

— George Meredith

O have a care of natures that are mute!

— George Meredith

Lowly, with a broken neck, The crocus lays her cheek to mire.

— George Meredith

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

— 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…

— George Meredith

There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by.

— George Meredith

And if I drink oblivion of a day, / So shorten I the stature of my soul.

— George Meredith

Poetry is talking on tiptoe.

— George Meredith

It's past parsons to console us: No, nor no doctor fetch for me: I can die without my bolus; Two of a trade, lass,…

— George Meredith

I've studied men from my topsy-turvy Close, and I reckon, rather true. Some are fine fellows: some, right scurvy; Most, a dash between the…

— George Meredith