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George Henry Lewes [1817-1878] English

George Henry Lewes was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. He became part of the mid-Victorian ferment of ideas which encouraged discussion of Darwinism, positivism, and religious skepticism.

Art, Beauty, Brainy, Experience, Imagination, Independence, Knowledge, Science, Strength, Success, Sympathy, Truth

Quote	Tags	Rank
The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.	Success	101
Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.	Independence	102
Science is the systematic classification of experience.	Experience, Science	103
Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.	Strength	104
Insight is the first condition of Art.	Art	105
In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable.		106
Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.	Art, Imagination	107
Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.	Brainy	108
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.	Beauty	109
It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.		110
The only cure for grief is action.	Sympathy	111
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.	Knowledge	112
Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature.		113
In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.		114
We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.		115
No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so.		116
Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them.		117
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.		118
If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.		119
Sincerity is moral truth.	Truth	120
Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols.		121
Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent.		122
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.		123
Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.		124
Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress.		125
The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.		126
Science is not addressed to poets.		201
Good writers are of necessity rare.		202
All good Literature rests primarily on insight.		203
All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.		204
The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised.		205
The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.		206
Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed.		207
Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.		208
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.		209
A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.		210
Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.		211
All great authors are seers.		212
Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.		213
As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things.		214

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