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George Henry Lewes quotes: It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public. It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.
George Henry Lewes quotes: I am suspicious without a motive, and jealous without love; although I feel I ought to love since I desire to be loved. I am suspicious without a motive, and jealous without love; although I feel I ought to love since I desire to be loved.
George Henry Lewes quotes: In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable. In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable.
George Henry Lewes quotes: It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of expression, or he will remain obscure. It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of expression, or he will remain obscure.
George Henry Lewes quotes: The opinion of the majority is not lightly to be rejected; but neither is it to be carelessly echoed. The opinion of the majority is not lightly to be rejected; but neither is it to be carelessly echoed.
George Henry Lewes quotes: No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so. No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Sincerity is moral truth. Sincerity is moral truth.
George Henry Lewes quotes: There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity. There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity.
George Henry Lewes quotes: When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent. When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Vehemence without feeling is but rant. Vehemence without feeling is but rant.
George Henry Lewes quotes: To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers. To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent. Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent.
George Henry Lewes quotes: If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument. If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes. Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Science is not addressed to poets. Science is not addressed to poets.
George Henry Lewes quotes: We are not judicious in love; we do not select those whom we ought to love, but those whom we cannot help loving. We are not judicious in love; we do not select those whom we ought to love, but those whom we cannot help loving.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Love is blind; couch not his eyes. Love is blind; couch not his eyes.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Individual experiences being limited and individual spontaneity feeble, we are strengthened and enriched by assimilating the experience of others. Individual experiences being limited and individual spontaneity feeble, we are strengthened and enriched by assimilating the experience of others.
George Henry Lewes quotes: As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things. As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things.
George Henry Lewes quotes: There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification. There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification.
George Henry Lewes quotes: The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse. The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Science is the systematic classification of experience. Science is the systematic classification of experience.
George Henry Lewes quotes: To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it. To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Good writers are of necessity rare. Good writers are of necessity rare.
George Henry Lewes quotes: No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination. No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.
George Henry Lewes quotes: A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet. A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Insight is the first condition of Art. Insight is the first condition of Art.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed. Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.
George Henry Lewes quotes: The air is crowded with birds beautiful, tender, intelligent birds to whom life is a song. The air is crowded with birds
beautiful, tender, intelligent birds
to whom life is a song.
George Henry Lewes quotes: All great authors are seers. All great authors are seers.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art. Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress. Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination. Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Pliny ... makes the statement, and for untrustworthiness of statement he cannot easily be surpassed. Pliny ... makes the statement, and for untrustworthiness of statement he cannot easily be surpassed.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength. Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.
George Henry Lewes quotes: No deeply rooted tendency was ever extirpated by adverse judgment. Not having originally been founded on argument, it cannot be destroyed by logic No deeply rooted tendency was ever extirpated by adverse judgment. Not having originally been founded on argument, it cannot be destroyed by logic
George Henry Lewes quotes: We must never assume that which is incapable of proof. We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.
George Henry Lewes quotes: A cell is regarded as the true biological atom. A cell is regarded as the true biological atom.
George Henry Lewes quotes: To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it. To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families. Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism. Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols. Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols.
George Henry Lewes quotes: The artist is called a creator ... The artist is called a creator ...
George Henry Lewes quotes: Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men. Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.
George Henry Lewes quotes: The history of the race is but that of the individual "writ large". The history of the race is but that of the individual "writ large".
George Henry Lewes quotes: All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand. All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.
George Henry Lewes quotes: The public can only be really moved by what is genuine. The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.
George Henry Lewes quotes: The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected. The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Mathematicians do not write for the circulating library. Mathematicians do not write for the circulating library.
George Henry Lewes quotes: The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers. The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers.
George Henry Lewes quotes: The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object. The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object.
George Henry Lewes quotes: The intensity of vision in the artist and of vividness in his creations are the sole tests of his imaginative power. The intensity of vision in the artist and of vividness in his creations are the sole tests of his imaginative power.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them. Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them.
George Henry Lewes quotes: The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised. The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised.
George Henry Lewes quotes: All good Literature rests primarily on insight. All good Literature rests primarily on insight.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Whatever lies beyond the limits of experience, and claims another origin than that of induction and deduction from established data, is illegitimate. Whatever lies beyond the limits of experience, and claims another origin than that of induction and deduction from established data, is illegitimate.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed. Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Shakespeare is a good raft whereon to float securely down the stream of time; fasten yourself to that and your immortality is safe. Shakespeare is a good raft whereon to float securely down the stream of time; fasten yourself to that and your immortality is safe.
George Henry Lewes quotes: In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of. In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels. Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Remember that every drop of rain that falls bears into the bosom of the earth a quality of beautiful fertility. Remember that every drop of rain that falls bears into the bosom of the earth a quality of beautiful fertility.
George Henry Lewes quotes: Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without. Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.

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