Quotes by : George Gissing

I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded....

Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if....

I don't advise. You mutn't give any weight to what I say, except in so far as your own judgment approves....

Honest Winter snow-clad and with the frosted beard I can welcome not uncordially But that long deferment....

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

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its....

It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as....

It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow,....

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

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