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George Meredith

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

George Meredith

Memoirs: the backstairs of history.

writers, writing

George Meredith

The well of true wit is truth itself.

George Meredith

Speech is the small change of silence.

speakers, speeches

George Meredith

We are betrayed by what is false within.

George Meredith

Chance works for us when we are good captains.

recognize, maximize

George Meredith

Who rises from prayer a better man his prayer is answered.

George Meredith

Prayer for worldly goods is worse than fruitless but prayer for strength of soul is that passion of the soul which catches the gift it seeks.

George Meredith

She heard the snuffle of hypocrisy in her prayer. She had to cease to pray.

George Meredith

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

George Meredith

Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life and are attached to the duties yet escape the harsher blows make acute and balanced observers.

George Meredith

Published memoirs indicate the end of a man’s activity and that he acknowledges the end.