George Meredith
George Meredith
George Meredith, OMwas an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 February 1828
enter
Enter these enchanted woods, / You who dare.
desires fain fling love
Love that so desires would fain keep her changeless; / Fain would fling the net, and fain have her free.
catch glory hard love whom winning
She whom I love is hard to catch and conquer, / Hard, but O the glory of the winning were she won!
beauty witty treasure
A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.
soul suffering may
There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by.
prayer men praying-to-god
Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.
being-yourself being-single betrayed
We are betrayed by what is false within
small-changes silence speech
Speech is the small change of silence.
intellectual cynicism dandyism
Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.
casts picks gems
How many a thing which we cast to the ground, When others pick it up, becomes a gem!
history memoir
Memoirs are the backstairs of history.
miracle
Faith works miracles. At least it allows time for them.
knowledge men blow
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.
stars night fire
Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars.