Quote#God & Faith
Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul
Quote byGeorge Meredith · 1828–1909
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Modern Love (1862), St. 50.
English (original)
Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul When hot for certainties in this our life! - In tragic hints here see what evermore Moves dark as yonder midnight ocean's force, Thundering like ramping hosts of warrior horse, To throw that faint thin fine upon the shore!
— George Meredith
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