What a woman thinks of women is the test of her nature. George Meredith More Quotes by George Meredith More Quotes From George Meredith It is the devil's masterstroke to get us to accuse him George Meredith devil Among the Diaries beginning with the second quarter of our century, there is frequent mention of a lady then becoming famous for her beauty and her wit: "an unusual combination," in the deliberate syllables of one of the writers, who is, however, not disposed to personal irony when speaking of her. George Meredith becoming diaries book When I was quite a boy I had a spasm of religion which lasted six weeks... But I never since have swallowed the Christian fable. George Meredith atheism christian boys Could I find a place to be alone with heaven, George Meredith prayer heart heaven Observation is the most enduring of the pleasures of life. George Meredith observation endure pleasure On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose, Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiend . . . He reached a middle height, and at the stars, Which are the brain of heaven, he looked, and sank. Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank, The army of unalterable law. George Meredith tired stars dark Comedy is a game played to throw reflections upon social life, and it deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and women, where we have no dust of the struggling outer world, no mire, no violent crashes, to make the correctness of the representation convincing. George Meredith reflection struggle men Earth, the mother of all, Moves on her stedfast way, Gathering, flinging, sowing. Mortals, we live in her day, She in her children is growing. George Meredith mother children moving The song seraphically free Of taint of personality, So pure that it salutes the suns The voice of one for millions, In whom the millions rejoice For giving their one spirit voice. George Meredith voice song giving In tragic life, God wot, No villain need be! Passions spin the plot: We are betrayed by what is false within. George Meredith plot passion needs She [Comedy] it is who proposes the correcting of pretentiousness, of inflation, of dulness, and of the vestiges of rawness and grossness to be found among us. She is the ultimate civilizer, the polisher, a sweet cook. George Meredith rawness comedy sweet It's past parsons to console us: No, nor no doctor fetch for me: I can die without my bolus; Two of a trade, lass, never agree! Parson and Doctor!--don't they love rarely Fighting the devil in other men's fields! Stand up yourself and match him fairly: Then see how the rascal yields! George Meredith fighting men past Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank, The army of unalterable law. George Meredith track army law Darker grows the valley, more and more forgetting: So were it with me if forgetting could be willed. Tell the grassy hollow that holds the bubbling well-spring, Tell it to forget the source that keeps it filled. George Meredith valleys spring forget The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper for freedom than can be struck anywhere. George Meredith fighting men country Always imitate the behaviour of the winners when you lose. George Meredith success running sports The season of love is the carnival of egoism and it brings a touchstone to our natures. George Meredith egoism carnivals love That rarest gift to Beauty, Common Sense! George Meredith common-sense common beauty Memoirs are the backstairs of history. George Meredith memoir biographies history We never know what's in us till we stand by ourselves. George Meredith knows
