Meredith

Famous quotes containing the word meredith:

    On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose,
    Tired of his dark dominion, swung the fiend
    Above the rolling ball in cloud part screened,
    —George Meredith (1828–1909)

    Love that had robbed us of immortal things,
    This little moment mercifully gave,
    Where I have seen across the twilight wave
    The swan sail with her young beneath her wings.
    —George Meredith (1828–1909)

    Cynicism is intellectual dandyism without the coxcomb’s feathers.
    —George Meredith (1828–1909)