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George Gissing Quotes: "For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously."

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.



George Gissing Quotes: "That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous."

That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.




George Gissing Quotes: "For one thing, I know every book of mine by its scent."

For one thing, I know every book of mine by its scent.



George Gissing Quotes: "I hate with a bitter hatred the names of lentils haricots - those pretentious cheats of the appetite, those tabulated humbugs, those certified aridites calling themselves human food!"

I hate with a bitter hatred the names of lentils haricots - those pretentious cheats of the appetite, those tabulated humbugs, those certified aridites calling themselves human food!




George Gissing Quotes: "The mind which renounces, once and for ever, a futile hope, has its compensation in ever-growing calm."

The mind which renounces, once and for ever, a futile hope, has its compensation in ever-growing calm.



George Gissing Quotes: "Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter."

Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter.



George Gissing Quotes: "I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things."

I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.




George Gissing Quotes: "Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?"

Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?



George Gissing Quotes: "Parks are but pavement disguised with a growth of grass."

Parks are but pavement disguised with a growth of grass.



George Gissing Quotes: "Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be mine; nay, which would make me their miserable bondsman."

Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be mine; nay, which would make me their miserable bondsman.



George Gissing Quotes: "Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice."

Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice.



George Gissing Quotes: "People have got that ancient prejudice so firmly rooted in their heads that one mustn't write save at I the dictation of the Holy Spirit. I tell you, writing is a business."

People have got that ancient prejudice so firmly rooted in their heads that one mustn't write save at I the dictation of the Holy Spirit. I tell you, writing is a business.




George Gissing Quotes: "Perhaps it is while drinking tea that I most of all enjoy the sense of leisure."

Perhaps it is while drinking tea that I most of all enjoy the sense of leisure.



George Gissing Quotes: "It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all."

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all.



George Gissing Quotes: "Life, I fancy, would very often be insupportable, but for the luxury of self compassion."

Life, I fancy, would very often be insupportable, but for the luxury of self compassion.



George Gissing Quotes: "The truths of life are not discovered by us. At moments unforeseen, some gracious influence descends upon the soul, touching it to an emotion which, we know not how, the mind transmutes into thought."

The truths of life are not discovered by us. At moments unforeseen, some gracious influence descends upon the soul, touching it to an emotion which, we know not how, the mind transmutes into thought.



George Gissing Quotes: "It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children, the days are long with gathering of experience . . ."

It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children, the days are long with gathering of experience . . .



George Gissing Quotes: "To be at other people's orders brings out all the bad in me."

To be at other people's orders brings out all the bad in me.



George Gissing Quotes: "No, no; women, old or young, should never have to think about money."

No, no; women, old or young, should never have to think about money.



George Gissing Quotes: "London is a huge shop, with a hotel on the upper storeys."

London is a huge shop, with a hotel on the upper storeys.



George Gissing Quotes: "Literature nowadays is a trade... the successful man of letters is your skilful tradesman. He thinks first and foremost of the markets."

Literature nowadays is a trade... the successful man of letters is your skilful tradesman. He thinks first and foremost of the markets.



George Gissing Quotes: "Human creatures have a mervellous power of adapting themselves to necessity."

Human creatures have a mervellous power of adapting themselves to necessity.



George Gissing Quotes: "A pipe for the hour of work; a cigarette for the hour of conception; a cigar for the hour of vacuity."

A pipe for the hour of work; a cigarette for the hour of conception; a cigar for the hour of vacuity.



George Gissing Quotes: "To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as to like Shakespeare is a test of general mental capacity."

To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as to like Shakespeare is a test of general mental capacity.



George Gissing Quotes: "It is our duty never to speak ill of others, you know; least of all when we know that to do so will be the cause of much pain and trouble."

It is our duty never to speak ill of others, you know; least of all when we know that to do so will be the cause of much pain and trouble.



George Gissing Quotes: "I have the happiness of a passing moment, and what more can mortal ask?"

I have the happiness of a passing moment, and what more can mortal ask?



George Gissing Quotes: "To every man it is decreed: Thou shalt live alone. Happy they who imagine that they have escaped the common lot; happy, whilst they imagine it."

To every man it is decreed: Thou shalt live alone. Happy they who imagine that they have escaped the common lot; happy, whilst they imagine it.



George Gissing Quotes: "This is one of the bitter curses of poverty: it leaves no right to be generous."

This is one of the bitter curses of poverty: it leaves no right to be generous.



George Gissing Quotes: "I don't advise. You mutn't give any weight to what I say, except in so far as your own judgment approves it."

I don't advise. You mutn't give any weight to what I say, except in so far as your own judgment approves it.