"Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring…" — George Gissing
"Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event."
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George Gissing
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35 Quotes by George Gissing
George Gissing has 35 quotes on this site.
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The truths of life are not discovered by us. At moments unforeseen, some gracious influence descends upon the soul, touching…
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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…
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Honest winter, snow clad and with the frosted beard, I can welcome not uncordially; but that long deferment of the…
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Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no…
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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…
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It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as…
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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…
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To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as to like Shakespeare is a test of…
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Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be…
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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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More Assuring Quotes
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Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
— Andrew Carnegie
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After a hard day scrambling to find your way around in the world, it's assuring to come home to a…
— Max Lucado
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It clearly follows that to make men moral it is necessary to make their social environment moral. And that can…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The enduring responsibility of the United States Air Force is to provide strategic deterrence for the Nation and fly, fight…
— Unknown Author
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Our goal is peace. We can gain that peace by strengthening our alliances, by speaking candidly about the dangers before…
— Ronald Reagan
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What I need to do to heal myself and to be assuring and allay the fears of others and to…
— Mel Gibson
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As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I…
— George Washington
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I would not say that female cosmonauts are not welcomed in the Russian space program. I must say, however, that…
— Valentina Tereshkova
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Management is the process of assuring that the program and objectives of the organization are implemented. Leadership on the other…
— John C. Maxwell
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For a man who is lost, the three greatest dangers in order of importance, are Fear, Cold, and Hunger. He…
— Ernest Thompson Seton
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The most important things that any member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ever does in this…
— Bruce R. McConkie
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Finally it should be the earnest wish and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect, and…
— William McKinley
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