Facts about George Henry Lewes
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George Henry Lewes was a famous Philosopher from England, who lived between April 18, 1817 and November 28, 1878.
Our collection contains 33 quotes who is written / told by George.
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Famous quotes by George Henry Lewes (33)
"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 public can only be really moved by what is genuine"
"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"
"Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress"
"Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without"
"Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols"
"It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public"
"Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength"
"Insight is the first condition of Art"
"In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable"
"In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of"
"Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men"
"If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument"
"Good writers are of necessity rare"
"Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes"
"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"
"Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art"
"Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims"
"As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things"
"All great authors are seers"
"All good Literature rests primarily on insight"
"All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand"
"A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet"
"Sincerity is moral truth"
"Science is the systematic classification of experience"
"Science is not addressed to poets"
"Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination"
"Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature"
"Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism"
"Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them"
"No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so"
"Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families"
"Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed"
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