Famous George Meredith Quotations

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"But O the truth, the truth. The
many eyes
That look on it! The diverse things
they see."
by George Meredith
"But O the truth, the truth. The many eyes That look on it The diverse things they see."
by George Meredith
"I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man."
by George Meredith
"There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by."
by George Meredith
"Who rises from a prayer a better man, his prayer is answered."
by George Meredith
"Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old!"
by George Meredith
"Caricature is rough truth."
by George Meredith
"Kissing don't last: cookery do!"
by George Meredith
"Speech is the small change of silence."
by George Meredith
"The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination."
by George Meredith
"Sunrays, leaning on our southern hills and lighting Wild cloud-mountains that drag the hills along, Oft ends the day of your shifting brilliant laughter Chill as a dull face frowning on a song. Ay, but shows the South-west a ripple-feathered bosom Blown to silver while the clouds are shaken and ascend Scaling the mid-heavens as they stream, there comes a sunset Rich, deep like love in beauty without end."
by George Meredith
"I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man."
by George Meredith
"Not a breath of wild air; Still as the mosses that glow On the flooring and over the lines"
by George Meredith


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