Quote by: 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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Author Bio


  • NameGeorge Gissing
  • DescriptionEnglish novelist
  • BornNovember 22, 1857
  • DiedDecember 28, 1903
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksThe Nether World; New Grub Street; Born In Exile; The Odd Women