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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: There should be no such thing as a class of females vulgarized by the necessity of finding daily amusement.

There should be no such thing as a class of females vulgarized by the necessity of finding daily amusement.

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: Parks are but pavement disguised with a growth of grass.

Parks are but pavement disguised with a growth of grass.

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: exchanged looks, and laughed together.

exchanged looks, and laughed together.

George Gissing quotes: The misery of having no time to read a thousand glorious books.

The misery of having no time to read a thousand glorious books.

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

Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice.

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

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

George Gissing quotes: Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event.

Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event.

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.

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: 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

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: 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: A womanly occupation means, practically, an occupation that a man disdains.

A womanly occupation means, practically, an occupation that a man disdains.

George Gissing quotes: I see. I imagined that he was cast out of all decent society"."If society were really decent, he would have been

I see. I imagined that he was cast out of all decent society".
"If society were really decent, he would have been

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: The result will be something unutterably tedious.

The result will be something unutterably tedious.

George Gissing quotes: Indolence had a great part in his temperament; a book, a sunny corner, and entire tranquillity, formed his ideal of supportable existence.

Indolence had a great part in his temperament; a book, a sunny corner, and entire tranquillity, formed his ideal of supportable existence.

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: Have the courage of your desire.

Have the courage of your desire.

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: 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.