Meredith

Famous quotes containing the word meredith:

    Mark where the pressing wind shoots javelin-like
    Its skeleton shadow on the broad-backed wave!
    Here is a fitting spot to dig Love’s grave;
    —George Meredith (1828–1909)

    Cynicism is intellectual dandyism without the coxcomb’s feathers.
    —George Meredith (1828–1909)

    Oh, there are people, all right, settled in the sea;
    It is as populous as Maine today,
    But no one who will give you the time of day.
    —William Meredith (b. 1919)