"Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice." — George Gissing

"Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice."

— George Gissing

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35 Quotes by George Gissing

George Gissing has 35 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The truths of life are not discovered by us. At moments unforeseen, some gracious influence descends upon the soul, touching…
In nothing more is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of this festival-almost one…
Honest winter, snow clad and with the frosted beard, I can welcome not uncordially; but that long deferment of the…
Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no…
Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.
Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to…
It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as…
How I envy those clerks who go by to their offices in the morning! There's the day's work cut out…
To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as to like Shakespeare is a test of…
Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be…
For one thing, I know every book of mine by its scent.
That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.

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More Flippancy Quotes

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Nothing is more unbecoming to a teacher of the Word than flippancy. He must be serious and should not act… — Martin Luther
One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency… — William Hazlitt
There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are… — C.S. Lewis
It does seem simple, doesn't it?' she said, with a final bitter attempt at flippancy, 'when you want to kill… — Baroness Orczy
Let us not become so intense in our zeal to do good by winning arguments or by our pure intention… — James E. Faust

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