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And one may safely say that, of all the ages since a coin first became the symbol of power, ours is that in which it yields to the majority of its possessors the poorest return in heart’s contentment.",false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":30,"quote_text":31,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":32,"source":33,"quote_tag":34,"commentary":9},3045502,"Poverty makes a crime of every indulgence.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":36,"quote_text":37,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":38,"source":39,"quote_tag":40,"commentary":9},3045498,"Poverty will make the best people bad, if it gets hard enough. Why there’s so much of it in the world, I’m sure I can’t see.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":42,"quote_text":43,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":44,"source":45,"quote_tag":46,"commentary":47},3045495,"The misery of having no time to read a thousand glorious books.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nGeorge Gissing, a prominent English novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, often expressed his longing for leisure time to pursue reading in his letters and autobiographical writings. This particular sentiment reflects his own struggles with poverty and limited access to educational resources during his formative years. His frustration is palpable as he laments the absence of sufficient time to indulge in the rich literary heritage available to him.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe misery Gissing expresses is not simply a lamentation of lack of time, but also an acknowledgment of the existential crisis that comes with it. He highlights the inherent paradox that the more one strives for intellectual and cultural enrichment, the less likely they are to have the time and resources needed to pursue these very goals.\n\n**How to Use This**\nModern professionals can apply this insight by recognizing the self-perpetuating cycle of overwork and under-enrichment. By acknowledging and challenging this dynamic, individuals can strategically allocate time for personal growth, prioritize their reading habits, and create a more sustainable relationship between work and intellectual pursuits.",{"id":49,"quote_text":50,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":51,"source":52,"quote_tag":53,"commentary":9},3045491,"Indolence had a great part in his temperament; a book, a sunny corner, and entire tranquillity, formed his ideal of supportable existence.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":55,"quote_text":56,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":57,"source":58,"quote_tag":59,"commentary":9},3045488,"To be at other people’s orders brings out all the bad in me.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":61,"quote_text":62,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":63,"source":64,"quote_tag":65,"commentary":9},3045485,"She had dreamed her dream, and on awaking must be content to take up the day’s duties. Just in the same way, when she was a child at Mrs. Peckover’s, did not sleep often bring a vision of happiness, of freedom from bitter tasks, and had she not to wake in the miserable mornings, trembling lest she had lain too long? Her condition was greatly better than then, so much better that it seemed wicked folly to lament because one joy was not granted her. –.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":67,"quote_text":68,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":69,"source":70,"quote_tag":71,"commentary":9},3045481,"He inspired no distrust; his good nature seemed all-pervading; he had the air of one who lavishes disinterested counsel, and ever so little exalts himself with his facile exuberance of speech. The Whirlpool.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":73,"quote_text":74,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":75,"source":76,"quote_tag":77,"commentary":9},3045477,"But we have no money. Suffer as we may, there’s no help for it – because we have no money. Lives may be wasted – worse, far worse than wasted – just because there is no money. At this moment a whole world of men and women is in pain and sorrow – because they have no money. How often have we said that? The world is made so; everything has to be bought with money.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":79,"quote_text":80,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":81,"source":82,"quote_tag":83,"commentary":9},3045465,"People have got that ancient prejudice so firmly rooted in their heads that one mustn’t write save at I the dictation of the Holy Spirit. I tell you, writing is a business.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":85,"totalPages":86,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":87},1,8,10]