George Meredith quotes - page 2
George Meredith was an English novelist and poet, celebrated for his innovative style and psychological insight. His works often explored themes of social change, human nature, and the complexities of relationships. He influenced later writers and is remembered as a significant figure in Victorian literature. Here are 72 of his quotes:
What are we first? First, animals; and next
Intelligences at a leap; on whom
Pale lies the distant shadow of the tomb,
And all that draweth on the tomb for text.
Into which state comes Love, the crowning sun:
Beneath whose light the shadow loses form.
We are the lords of life, and life is warm.
Intelligence and instinct now are one.
But nature says: 'My children most they seem
When they least know me: therefore I decree
That they shall suffer.' Swift doth young Love flee,
And we stand wakened, shivering from our dream.
Then if we study Nature we are wise.
George Meredith
George Meredith
Occupation: British Novelist
Born: February 12, 1828
Died: May 18, 1909
Quotes count: 72
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