I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.
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It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.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 storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.
George Gissing
It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all.
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Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event.
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That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.
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