Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by George Whyte-Melville

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Scottish novelist George Whyte-Melville.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

George John Whyte-Melville was a Scottish novelist much concerned with field sports, and also a poet. He took a break in the mid-1850s to serve as an officer of Turkish irregular cavalry in the Crimean War.

Scottish - Novelist | June 19, 1821 - 1878

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Happiness is a rare cosmetic.

George Whyte-Melville

In the choice of a horse and a wife a man must please himself ignoring the opinion and advice of friends.

George Whyte-Melville

When you sleep in your cloak there 's no lodging to pay.

George Whyte-Melville

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first.

George Whyte-Melville

Most men have a sunny spot to which they look back in their existence, as most have an impossible future, to attain which all their energies are exerted, and their resources employed. The difference between these visionary scenes is this, that they think a good deal of the latter, but talk a good deal of the former.

George Whyte-Melville

Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by George Whyte-Melville

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