The well of true wit is truth itself.

Quote by George Meredith

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

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

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

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.

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...

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

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

Kissing don't last: cookery do!

Kissing don't last: cookery do!

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...

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...

She poured a little social sewage into his ears.

She poured a little social sewage into his ears.

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...

Bring the army of the faithful through.

Bring the army of the faithful through.

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...

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man

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

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

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...

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

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

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