George Gissing Quotes

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

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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; nay, which would make me their miserable bondsman.

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

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The thought, however, of his girls having to work for money was so utterly repulsive to him that he could never seriously dwell upon it.

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A man who comes to be hanged,' pursued Jasper, impartially, 'has the satisfaction of knowing that he has brought society to its last resource. He is a man of such fatal importance that nothing will serve against him but the supreme effort of law. In a way, you know, that is success.

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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.

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

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The insult was thrown out with a peculiarly reckless air; it astounded the hearer, who sat for an instant with staring eyes and lips apart; then the blood rushed to his cheeks.

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