Etext editor’s bookmarks for the PG short works of Meredith:
A wise man will not
squander his laughter if he can help it
A woman is hurt if you
do not confide to her your plans
A generous enemy is
a friend on the wrong side
A very doubtful benefit
A great oration may
be a sedative
A male devotee is within
an inch of a miracle
Above Nature, I tell
him, or, we shall be very much below
Adversary at once offensive
and helpless provokes brutality
All are friends who
sit at table
All flattery is at somebody’s
expense
Americans forgivingly
remember, without mentioning
As becomes them, they
do not look ahead
As in all great oratory!
The key of it is the pathos
Back from the altar
to discover that she has chained herself
Be what you seem, my
little one
Be philosophical, but
accept your personal dues
Bed was a rock of refuge
and fortified defence
But I leave it to you
Can believe a woman
to be any age when her cheeks are tinted
Causes him to be popularly
weighed
Charges of cynicism
are common against all satirists
Civil tongue and rosy
smiles sweeten even sour wine
Cupid clipped of wing
is a destructive parasite
Dangerous things are
uttered after the third glass
Distinguished by his
not allowing himself to be provoked
Distrust us, and it
is a declaration of war
Eccentric behaviour
in trifles
Everywhere the badge
of subjection is a poor stomach
Excess of a merit is
a capital offence in morality
Excited, glad of catastrophe
if it but killed monotony
Face betokening the
perpetual smack of lemon
Fourth of the Georges
Generally he noticed
nothing
Gentleman in a good
state of preservation
Good jokes are not always
good policy
Gratitude never was
a woman’s gift
Happiness in love is
a match between ecstasy and compliance
Here and there a plain
good soul to whom he was affectionate
His idea of marriage
is, the taking of the woman into custody
Holy images, and other
miraculous objects are sold
I who respect the state
of marriage by refusing
I make a point of never
recommending my own house
I like him, I like him,
of course, but I want to breathe
I am a discordant instrument
I do not readily vibrate
If I do not speak of
payment
Imparting the usual
chorus of yesses to his own mind
In every difficulty,
patience is a life-belt
Indulged in their privilege
of thinking what they liked
Infants are said to
have their ideas, and why not young ladies?
Intellectual contempt
of easy dupes
Invite indecision to
exhaust their scruples
Is not one month of