Produced by David Widger QUOTES AND IMAGES FROM GEORGE MEREDITH THE WORKS OF GEORGE MEREDITH PROSE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS George Meredith in 1893 The Sitting Room, Flint Cottage--May 18th 1909 Age 35 Age 68 Age 69 Age 72 Age 80 A lover must have his delusions, just as a man must have a skin A madman gets madder when you talk reason to him A night that had shivered repose A dash of conventionalism makes the whole civilized world kin A string of pearls: a woman who goes beyond that's in danger A wound of the same kind that we are inflicting A tear would have overcome him--She had not wept A tragic comedian: that is, a grand pretender, a self-deceiver A fleet of South-westerly rain-clouds had been met in mid-sky A bone in a boy's mind for him to gnaw and worry A kind of anchorage in case of indiscretion A cloud of millinery shoots me off a mile from a woman A woman's at the core of every plot man plotteth A witty woman is a treasure; a witty Beauty is a power A high wind will make a dead leaf fly like a bird A kindly sense of superiority A young philosopher's an old fool! A bird that won't roast or boil or stew A woman, and would therefore listen to nonsense A male devotee is within an inch of a miracle A great oration may be a sedative A very doubtful benefit A generous enemy is a friend on the wrong side A woman is hurt if you do not confide to her your plans A woman who has mastered sauces sits on the apex of civilization A style of affable omnipotence about the wise youth A maker of Proverbs--what is he but a narrow mind wit A fortress face; strong and massive, and honourable in ruin A dumb tongue can be a heavy liar A common age once, when he married her; now she had grown old A share of pity for the objects she despised A woman rises to her husband. But a man is what he is A stew's a stew, and not a boiling to shreds A marriage without love is dishonour A plunge into the deep is of little moment A sixpence kindly meant is worth any crown-piece that's grudged A man to be trusted with the keys of anything A free-thinker startles him as a kind of demon A female free-thinker is one of Satan's concubines A wise man will not squander his laughter if he can help it A man who rejected medicine in extremity A lady's company-smile A country of compromise goes to pieces at the first cannon-shot A youth who is engaged in the occupation of eating his heart A whisper of cajolery in season is often the secret A superior position was offered her by her being silent A contented Irishman scarcely seems my countryman Abject sense of the lack of a circumference Above all things I detest the writing for money Above Nature, I tell him, or, we shall be very much below Absolute freedom could be the worst of perils Accidents are the specific for averting the maladies of age Accounting his tight blue tail coat and brass buttons a victory Accounting for it, is not the same as excusing