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George Henry Lewes
English
Philosopher
About the author
Sincerity is moral truth.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Truth
#Sincerity
Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Talent
#Murder
No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Being
#Man
#Trying
Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Nothing
#Wonder
#Men
Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Experience
#Literature
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,
English
Philosopher
#Law
#Man
#Truth
#Dissent
Science is not addressed to poets.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Science
#Poets
Science is the systematic classification of experience.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Science
#Experience
Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Sincerity
Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Success
#May
#Self
The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Literature
The only cure for grief is action.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Action
#Cure
#Grief
The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Public
The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Mind
#Superiority
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,
English
Philosopher
#Years
#Growth
#Beauty
#Genius
#Spring
We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Proof
Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Independence
#Rebellion
#Originality
#Sincerity
The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#End
#Principles
#Philosophy
All great authors are seers.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Art
#Imagination
#Philosophy
Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Cause
#Effect
#Progress
#Literature
A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#May
#Man
All good Literature rests primarily on insight.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Literature
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,
English
Philosopher
#Art
#Vision
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Books
#Inspiring
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Art
#Books
#Truth
#Knowledge
#Delight
#Guidance
Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful; if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Style
#Will
#Thought
#Expression
#Beauty
#Emotion
Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Genius
Good writers are of necessity rare.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Necessity
#Writers
Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Art
#Language
Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Imagination
#Men
#Artists
In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Power
#Speech
In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Thought
Insight is the first condition of Art.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Art
#First
Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#World
#Literature
All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#May
#Literature
#Imitation
Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.
George Henry Lewes,
English
Philosopher
#Strength
#Error
#Weakness
#Insincerity
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,
English
Philosopher
#Public
#Art
#Effect
#Succeed
#Literature
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,
English
Philosopher
#Argument