01UndatedHow many a thing which we cast to the ground, when others pick it up becomes a gem.George Meredith / quote ↗
04UndatedWhy mayn't they do what men do?' the Hero cried impetuously. 'I hate that contemptible narrow-mindedness. It's that that makes the ruin and horrors I see. Why mayn't they do what men do? I like the women who are brave enough not to be hypocrites. By Heaven! if these women are bad, I like them better than a set of hypocritical creatures who are all show, and deceive you in the end.George Meredith / quote ↗
06UndatedThere is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by.George Meredith / quote ↗
09UndatedAh what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!George Meredith / quote ↗
10UndatedPublished memoirs indicate the end of a man's activity and that he acknowledges the end.George Meredith / quote ↗
11UndatedCultivated 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.George Meredith / quote ↗
13UndatedShe heard the snuffle of hypocrisy in her prayer. She had to cease to pray.George Meredith / quote ↗
14UndatedPrayer for worldly goods is worse than fruitless but prayer for strength of soul is that passion of the soul which catches the gift it seeks.George Meredith / quote ↗
