George Gissing Quotes

Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time... view

By: George Gissing

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The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend.. view

By: George Gissing

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That is one of the bitter curses of poverty.. view

By: George Gissing

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Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event... view

By: George Gissing

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For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather.. view

By: George Gissing

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Have the courage of your desire... view

By: George Gissing

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It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly.. view

By: George Gissing

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It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched... view

By: George Gissing

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Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be mine.. view

By: George Gissing

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Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice... view

By: George Gissing

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