George Meredith
George Meredith
George Meredith, OMwas an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 February 1828
small-changes silence speech
Speech is the small change of silence.
love dream young
Swift doth young Love flee, And we stand wakened, shivering from our dream.
being-yourself being-single betrayed
We are betrayed by what is false within
art artist caricatures
Caricature is rough truth.
prayer men praying-to-god
Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.
soul suffering may
There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by.
beauty witty treasure
A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.
garden smell decay
Earth knows no desolation. She smells regeneration in the moist breath of decay.