George Meredith, OM was an English novelist and poet.
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“A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power”
George Meredith
“Each one of an affectionate couple may be willing, as we say, to die for the other, yet unwilling to utter the agreeable word at the right moment”
“I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man”
“Cynicism is intellectual dandyism”
“Passions spin the plot: We are betrayed by what is false within.”
“Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harder blows, make acute and balanced observers”
“Enter these enchanted woods, / You who dare.”
“Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose”
“There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by.”
“The season of love is the carnival of egoism and it brings a touchstone to our natures.”