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It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it's the parts that I do understand. - Mark Twain We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect. - Henry David Thoreau Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. - Benjamin Franklin The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. - Henry David Thoreau I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. - Albert Einstein Don't hate, it's too big a burden to bear. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by.

- George Meredith | Adversity Quotes

Caricature is rough truth.

- George Meredith | Art and the Artist Quotes

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism, without the coxcomb's feathers.

- George Meredith | Cynicism Quotes

Kissing don't last: cookery do.

- George Meredith | Food Quotes

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

- George Meredith | Literature Quotes

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 | Observation Quotes

Speech is the small change of silence.

- George Meredith | Speakers and Speeches Quotes

The well of true wit is truth itself.

- George Meredith | Wit Quotes

Memoirs: the backstairs of history.

- George Meredith | Writers and Writing Quotes

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

- George Meredith | Prayer Quotes

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 | Prayer Quotes

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

- George Meredith | Prayer Quotes

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

- George Meredith | Positive Quotes

We are betrayed by what is false within.

- George Meredith | Right Quotes

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this, our life!

- George Meredith | Doubts and Uncertainties Quotes

Chance works for us when we are good captains.

- George Meredith | Recognize and Maximize Quotes

There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by.

- George Meredith | Adversity Quotes