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George Henry Lewes Quotes: "Science is the systematic classification of experience."

Science is the systematic classification of experience.



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: "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: "We must never assume that which is incapable of proof."

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.




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: "Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength."

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.



George Henry Lewes Quotes: "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."

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 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: "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: "In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable."

In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable.



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: "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: "In the air we breathe, in the water we drink, in the earth we tread on, Life is every where. Nature lives: every pore is bursting with Life ; every death is only a new birth, every grave a cradle."

In the air we breathe, in the water we drink, in the earth we tread on, Life is every where. Nature lives: every pore is bursting with Life ; every death is only a new birth, every grave a cradle.



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: "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."

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 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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "In its happiest efforts, translation is but approximation, and its efforts are not often happy. A translation may be good as translation, but it cannot be an adequate reproduction of the original."

In its happiest efforts, translation is but approximation, and its efforts are not often happy. A translation may be good as translation, but it cannot be an adequate reproduction of the original.



George Henry Lewes Quotes: "All good Literature rests primarily on insight."

All good Literature rests primarily on insight.



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: "Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families."

Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.



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: "A cell is regarded as the true biological atom."

A cell is regarded as the true biological atom.



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.



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: "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: "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: "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: "The great desire of this age is for a doctrine which may serve to condense our knowledge, guide our researches, and shape our lives, so that conduct may really be the consequence of belief"

The great desire of this age is for a doctrine which may serve to condense our knowledge, guide our researches, and shape our lives, so that conduct may really be the consequence of belief



George Henry Lewes Quotes: "Among the many strange servilities mistaken for pieties, one of the least lovely is that which hopes to flatter God by despising the world, and vilifying human nature."

Among the many strange servilities mistaken for pieties, one of the least lovely is that which hopes to flatter God by despising the world, and vilifying human nature.



George Henry Lewes Quotes: "In Science the paramount appeal is to the Intellect-its purpose being instruction; in Art, the paramount appeal is to the Emotions-its purpose being pleasure."

In Science the paramount appeal is to the Intellect-its purpose being instruction; in Art, the paramount appeal is to the Emotions-its purpose being pleasure.



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: "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 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: "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: "Love is blind; couch not his eyes."

Love is blind; couch not his eyes.



George Henry Lewes Quotes: "All great authors are seers."

All great authors are seers.



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: "Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination."

Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.



George Henry Lewes Quotes: "Sincerity is moral truth."

Sincerity is moral truth.



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: "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: "It is always understood as an expression of condemnation when anything in Literature or Art is said to be done for effect; and yet to produce an effect is the aim and end of both."

It is always understood as an expression of condemnation when anything in Literature or Art is said to be done for effect; and yet to produce an effect is the aim and end of both.



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.