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> [People have got that ancient prejudice so firmly rooted in their heads that one mustn't write save at I the dictation of the Holy Spirit. I tell you, writing is a business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/people-have-got-that-ancient-prejudice-so-firmly-rooted-in-their/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

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## More by George Gissing

> [Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/money-is-made-at-christmas-out-of-holly-and-mistletoe-but-who-save/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children, the days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/it-is-familiarity-with-life-that-makes-time-speed-quickly-when-every/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/time-is-money-says-the-proverb-but-turn-it-around-and-you-get-a/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [Perhaps it is while drinking tea that I most of all enjoy the sense of leisure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/perhaps-it-is-while-drinking-tea-that-i-most-of-all-enjoy-the-sense/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [The mind which renounces, once and for ever, a futile hope, has its compensation in ever-growing calm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/the-mind-which-renounces-once-and-for-ever-a-futile-hope-has-its/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [“I don't advise. You mutn't give any weight to what I say, except in so far as your own judgment approves it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/i-don-t-advise-you-mutn-t-give-any-weight-to-what-i-say-except-in-so/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [“The truth was that nature had endowed them with a larger share of brains than was common in their circle, and had added that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/the-truth-was-that-nature-had-endowed-them-with-a-larger-share-of/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [“Her womanhood went eagerly to meet him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/her-womanhood-went-eagerly-to-meet-him/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/money-is-made-at-christmas-out-of-holly-and-mistletoe-but-who-save-2/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [I have the happiness of a passing moment, and what more can mortal ask?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/i-have-the-happiness-of-a-passing-moment-and-what-more-can-mortal-ask/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/for-the-man-sound-of-body-and-serene-of-mind-there-is-no-such-thing/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [Human creatures have a mervellous power of adapting themselves to necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/human-creatures-have-a-mervellous-power-of-adapting-themselves-to/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [I am much better employed from every point of view, when I live solely for my own satisfaction, than when I begin to worry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/i-am-much-better-employed-from-every-point-of-view-when-i-live-solely/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [“One doesn’t like to do brutal things if one can avoid them, you know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/one-doesn-t-like-to-do-brutal-things-if-one-can-avoid-them-you-know/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

> [I hate with a bitter hatred the names of lentils haricots - those pretentious cheats of the appetite, those tabulated humbugs, those certified aridites…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/i-hate-with-a-bitter-hatred-the-names-of-lentils-haricots-those/)

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