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George Gissing has 35 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The truths of life are not discovered by us. At moments unforeseen, some gracious influence descends upon the soul, touching it to…
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In nothing more is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of this festival-almost one may call…
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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,…
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Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch…
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Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.
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Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate…
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It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children,…
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How I envy those clerks who go by to their offices in the morning! There's the day's work cut out for them;…
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To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as to like Shakespeare is a test of general mental…
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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,…
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For one thing, I know every book of mine by its scent.
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That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.
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Originally I planned on starting a teapot collection. I really like them.
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What part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindlyplant was introduced among us. Why myriads of women have…
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The cozy fire is bright and gay, The merry kettle boils away and hums a cheerful song. I sing the saucer and…
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Worshiping the teapot instead of drinking the tea.
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One of the shining moments of my day is that when, having returned a little weary from an afternoon walk, I exchange…
— George Gissing
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If you have one teapot And can brew your tea in it That will do quite well. How much does he lack…
— Sen no Rikyu
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I just don't understand how you can not be concerned about your appearance. From time to time I'm vilified as the person…
— Stephen Bayley
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Wisdom was a teapot, pouring from above. Desolation angels, served it up with love.
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Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill. These were its assets: a tiny white van,…
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