George Meredith Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

9 Famous Quotes by George Meredith
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“"Spiral!" the memorable Lady terms Our mind's ascent.”
Progress Quotes
Source: The World's Advance, in notes to Meredith's "Poetical Works", G.M. Trevelyan says the Lady is Mrs. B
“Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old!”
Age Quotes
“Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old!”
Kinship Quotes
“Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.”
Pain Quotes
“A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. But, as you will! we'll sit contentedly, and eat our pot of honey on the grave.”
All about love Quotes
“Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.”
Christianity Quotes
“Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!”
Certainty Quotes
“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.”
Observation Quotes
“I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.”
Miscellaneous Quotes