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

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

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

Kissing don't last: cookery do!

Kissing don't last: cookery do!

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

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

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

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

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

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

She poured a little social sewage into his ears.

She poured a little social sewage into his ears.

Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl.

Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl.

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man

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

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

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...

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

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.

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

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

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...

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

Speech is the small change of silence.

Speech is the small change of silence.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

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

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

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

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