The result will be something unutterably tedious. Auteur: George Gissing Copy Quote More from George Gissing “That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.” “I don't advise. You mutn't give any weight to what I say, except in so far as y…” “To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as to like Sh…” “Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event.”