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.
George Gissing

Beauty, Mind, Bad

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.
George Gissing

Mind, Heart, Eyes

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

Event, Persistent, Familiar

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

Stupidity, Mankind, Nations

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

Time, Money, Sense

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

Have the courage of your desire.
George Gissing

Courage, Desire

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

Poverty, Bitter, Generous

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

Time, Money, Truth

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.
George Gissing

Work, Time, Friend

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Nationality: British

Born: November 22, 1857

Died: December 28, 1903

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