44 ordspråk av George Meredith
George Meredith
George Meredith föddes den
12 Februar 1828 och dog den 18 Mai
1909 - whose novels are noted for their wit, brilliant dialogue, and aphoristic quality of language.
Mer info via Google eller Bing. `Hog's my feed,' said Andrew Hedger . . .`Ah could eat hog a solid hower.'
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'Tis Ireland gives England her soldiers, her generals too.
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A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are.
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A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. But, as you will! we'll sit contentedly, and eat our pot of honey on the grave.
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A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power
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A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power
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Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul When hot for certainties in this our life
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Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose
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And if I drink oblivion of a day, / So shorten I the stature of my soul.
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Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank, / The army of unalterable law.
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Bring the army of the faithful through.
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Caricature is rough truth.
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Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harder blows, make acute and balanced observers
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Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harder blows, make acute and balanced observers
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Cynicism is intellectual dandyism
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