George Meredith Quotes

Constantly just to herself, mind! This is the quality of true passion. ~ Sandra Belloni by George Meredith "A marriage without love is dishonour." ~ Sandra Belloni by George Meredith "Kissing don't last: cookery do!" ~ The Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith The task of reclaiming a bad man is extremely seductive to good women. ~ The Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith January was watering and freezing old earth by turns . . . ~ The Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith A witty woman is a treasure; a witty Beauty is a power. ~ Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith "The debts we owe ourselves are the hardest to pay." ~ Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith The world prefers decorum to honesty. ~ Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith "Friendship, I fancy, means one heart between two." ~ Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith The well of true wit is truth itself, the gathering of the precious drops of right reason, wisdom's lightning; and no soul possessing and dispensing it can justly be a target for the world, however well armed the world confronting her. ~ Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith