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81 " Of the country poor, at a somewhat "
― George Gissing , Complete Works of George Gissing (Illustrated)
82 " Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice, was a characterising note of Mr Fadge’s periodical; his "
― George Gissing , New Grub Street
83 " My mistake was that of numberless men nowadays. Because I was conscious of brains, I thought that the only place for me was London. It "
84 " The art of living is the art of compromise. We "
85 " Time is money — says the vulgarest saw known to any age or people. Turn it round about, and you get a precious truth — money is time. [...] What are we doing all our lives but purchasing, or trying to purchase, time? And most of us, having grasped it with one hand, throw it away with the other. "
― George Gissing
86 " Un ideale spinto all'estremo non è poi tanto meglio dell'assenza di ideali. "
― George Gissing , The Odd Women
87 " Well, Maud made a mistake, let us say. Dolomore is a clown, and now she knows it. "
88 " Ogni donna ha una maschera per tutti, tranne che per un uomo. "
89 " He knew what poverty means. The chilling of brain and heart, the unnerving of the hands, the slow gathering about one of fear and shame and impotent wrath, the dread feeling of helplessness, of the world’s base indifference. Poverty! Poverty! "
90 " Only English folk know what is meant by gravy; consequently, the English alone are competent to speak on the question of sauce. "
― George Gissing , The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
91 " Since the publication of his first book he had avoided as far as possible all knowledge of what the critics had to say about him; his nervous temperament could not bear the agitation of reading these remarks, which, however inept, define an author and his work to so many people incapable of judging for themselves. "
92 " there were moments when he thought of her with repugnance, as a cold, selfish woman, who had feigned affection when it seemed her interest to do so, but brutally declared her true self when there was no longer anything to be hoped from him. That "
93 " Both of them are obvious dwellers in the valley of the shadow of books. "
94 " It is the duty of every man, who has sufficient means, to maintain a wife. The life of unmarried women is a wretched one; every man who is able ought to save one of them from that fate. "
95 " You have still to learn,’ said Jasper, ‘that modesty helps a man in no department of modern life. People take you at your own valuation. It’s the men who declare boldly that they need no help to whom practical help comes from all sides. As "
96 " Life's as you take it: all gloom or moderately shiny. "
97 " The truth was that nature had endowed them with a larger share of brains than was common in their circle, and had added that touch of pride which harmonised so ill with the restrictions of poverty. Their life had a tone of melancholy, the painful reserve which characterises a certain clearly-defined class in the present day. "
98 " Never had it occurred to Widdowson that a wife remains an individual, with rights and obligations independent of their wifely condition. "
99 " This, to his mind, was the perfect relation of wife to a husband. She must look up to him as her benefactor, her providence. It would have pleased him still better if she had not possessed a penny of her own . . . "
100 " Before Miss Harrow’s departure Maud and Dora reached home. They were curious to see the young lady from the valley of the shadow of books, and gladly accepted the invitation offered them. "