Among the Diaries beginning with the second quarter of our century, there is frequent mention of a lady then becoming famous for her beauty and her wit: "an unusual combination," in the deliberate syllables of one of the writers, who is, however, not disposed to personal irony when speaking of her.
George MeredithThe stench of the trail of Ego in our History. It is ego - ego, the fountain cry, origin, sole source of war.
George Meredith