To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as to like Shakespeare is a test of general mental capacity.
George GissingIn nothing more is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of this festival-almost one may call it-of afternoon tea...the mere chink of cups and saucers tunes the mind to happy repose.
George GissingLife is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter.
George GissingMoney is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be mine; nay, which would make me their miserable bondsman.
George Gissing