Quotes

"Faith works miracles. At least it allows time for them." ~ The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith "Nations at war are wild beasts," she replied. "The passions of these hordes of men are not an example for a living soul. Our souls grow up to the light: we must keep eye on the light, and look no lower." ~ The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith We are sons of yesterday, not of the morning. The past is our mortal mother, no dead thing. Our future constantly reflects her to the soul. ~ The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith He thanked me, observing that there were days when you lay on your back and the sky rained apples; while there were other days when you wore your fingers down to the first joint to catch a flea. Such was Fortune! ~ The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith To hope, and not be impatient, is really to believe. ~ The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith " . . . the rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril." ~ The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare " . . . this is the short and the long of it." ~ The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare "We burn daylight." ~ The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare "This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. Away, go; they say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death." ~ The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare "I cannot tell what the dickens his name is." ~ The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare