George Moore

George Moore (1852 - 1933), full name George Augustus Moore, was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, dramatist and a writer of memoirs. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s, but ultimately became litterateur. His notable works included “A Modern Lover”, “A Mummer’s Wife”, “Confessions of a Young Man”, “Esther Waters”, “Hail and Farewell”, “Reminiscences of the Impressionist Painters”, “The Brook Kerith”, “The Lake” and “The Untilled Field”.

Wisdom & Quotes

• A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

- The Brook Kerith

Cecil John Rhodes