Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

Quote by George Meredith

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She poured a little social sewage into his ears.

She poured a little social sewage into his ears.

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our...

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our...

Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached...

Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached...

A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that...

A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that...

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

And if I drink oblivion of a day, So shorten I the stature of my...

And if I drink oblivion of a day, So shorten I the stature of my...

Bring the army of the faithful through.

Bring the army of the faithful through.

The well of true wit is truth itself

The well of true wit is truth itself

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

Kissing don't last: cookery do!

Kissing don't last: cookery do!

There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by.

There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by.

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

Caricature is rough truth.

Caricature is rough truth.

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

Don't just count your years, make your years count.

Don't just count your years, make your years count.

Speech is the small change of silence.

Speech is the small change of silence.

Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl.

Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl.

The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper...

The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper...

A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our...

A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our...