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Facts about George Henry Lewes SummaryGeorge Henry Lewes was a famous Philosopher from England, who lived between April 18, 1817 and November 28, 1878. He/she became 61 years old.Our collection contains 33 quotes who is written / told by George. Here is some other popular authors who lived in the same timeframe: Charles F. Kettering, Charles Eastman, Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Schweitzer, Elbert Hubbard, Robert Frost, George Matthew Adams, Alice Meynell, James Lane Allen, Frank Lloyd Wright, Thomas Huxley, William James, George Santayana, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, George Crook, Karl Marx, Orison Swett Marden, Grace Abbott, Kin Hubbard 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"
"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"
"It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public"
"In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of"
"If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument"
"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"
"As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things"
"All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand"
"Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them"
"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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