George Meredith
George Meredith
George Meredith, OMwas an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 February 1828
soul suffering may
There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by.
beauty witty treasure
A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.
garden smell decay
Earth knows no desolation. She smells regeneration in the moist breath of decay.
eden sweet
Sweet as Eden is the air, / And Eden-sweet the ray.
dark dominion night prince swung tired
On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose. / Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiend.
men two topsy-turvy
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 two.
mean heart two
Friendship, I fancy, means one heart between two.
care mute
O have a care of natures that are mute!