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

Quote by George Meredith

Topics: Heart Quotes, Men And Women Quotes

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

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...

The well of true wit is truth itself.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

The season of love is the carnival of egoism and it brings a touchstone to...

The season of love is the carnival of egoism and it brings a touchstone to...

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

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

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Bring the army of the faithful through.

Bring the army of the faithful through.

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

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

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...

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

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...

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil...

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil...

I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been...

I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been...

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.