George Gissing Quote

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.


As quoted in Quote Junkie Funny Edition (2008) by the Hagopian Institute, p. 47


It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things...

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things...

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things...

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things...