Meredith

Famous quotes containing the word meredith:

    Thus piteously Love closed what he begat:
    The union of this ever-diverse pair!
    These two were rapid falcons in a snare,
    Condemned to do the flitting of the bat.
    —George Meredith (1828–1909)

    Love that so desires would fain keep her changeless;
    Fain would fling the net, and fain have her free.
    —George Meredith (1828–1909)

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