George Robert Gissing Quotes

1857–1903, British Novelist, Critic, Essayist
quotes
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“Have the courage of your desire.”
Courage
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“Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.”
Time and Time Management
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“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.”
Books and Reading
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“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.”
Courage
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“Honest winter, snow clad and with the frosted beard, I can welcome not uncordially; but that long deferment of the calendar's promise, that weeping loom of March and April, that bitter blast outraging the honor of May -- how often has it robbed me of heart and hope.”
Hope
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