George Meredith
George Meredith
George Meredith, OMwas an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 February 1828
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!
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.
kissing sea honey
A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. But, as you will! we'll sit contentedly, and eat our pot of honey on the grave.
knows
We never know what’s in us till we stand by ourselves” (George Meredith, ORF)
food kissing cooking
Kissing don't last: cookery do!