Author: George Meredith

Quotes

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

- George Meredith

Speech is the small change of silence.

Speech is the small change of silence.

- George Meredith

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.

- George Meredith

Caricature is rough truth.

Caricature is rough truth.

- George Meredith

The man of science is nothing if not a poet gone wrong.

The man of science is nothing if not a poet gone wrong.

- George Meredith

The well of true wit is truth itself.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

- George Meredith

A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are.

A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are.

- George Meredith

The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper for freedom than can be struck anywhere.

The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper for freedom than can be struck anywhere.

- George Meredith

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.

- George Meredith

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