She poured a little social sewage into his ears.
George Meredith
That rarest gift to Beauty, Common Sense!
George Meredith
I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.
George Meredith
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!
George Meredith
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.