Creative Quotations from George Meredith (1828-1909)

Creative Quotations from . . .

George Meredith
(1828-1909) born on Feb 12

English novelist, poet. His novels are noted for their wit, brilliant dialogue, and aphoristic quality of language; "The Ordeal of Richard Fevrel," 1859.

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The man of science is nothing if not a poet gone wrong.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

Passions spin the plot:
We are betrayed by what is false within.

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.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism without the coxcomb's feathers.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	In "Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations," ed. Jason Shulman & Isaac Asimov, 1988.
R:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
A:	"Modern Love," Sonnet 43, 1862.
N:	In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
K:	Clara Middleton, quoting Mr. Whitford, in "The Egoist," ch. 7, 1879.