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

Quote by George Meredith

Topics: Culture Quotes, Men And Women Quotes

Bring the army of the faithful through.

Bring the army of the faithful through.

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

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

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...

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

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

Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl.

Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl.

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

The well of true wit is truth itself

The well of true wit is truth itself

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...

Each one of an affectionate couple may be willing, as we say, to die for...

Each one of an affectionate couple may be willing, as we say, to die for...

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

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

Speech is the small change of silence.

Speech is the small change of silence.

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

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

Caricature is rough truth.

Caricature is rough truth.

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...

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

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

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.

She poured a little social sewage into his ears.

She poured a little social sewage into his ears.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

Kissing don't last: cookery do!

Kissing don't last: cookery do!