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

Quote by George Meredith

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Cynicism is intellectual dandyism

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism

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...

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.

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...

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

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...

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man

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...

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.

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

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

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

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 most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.

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

The well of true wit is truth itself

The well of true wit is truth itself

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

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

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...