Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

Quote by George Meredith

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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...

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.

Speech is the small change of silence.

Speech is the small change of silence.

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man

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

Caricature is rough truth.

Caricature is rough truth.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover...

Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover...

The sweeter the apple, the blacker the core. Scratch a lover and find a foe.

The sweeter the apple, the blacker the core. Scratch a lover and find a foe.

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived.

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

I get by with a little help from my friends.