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
Art, Deceiving, Executed, Insincere
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
Beauty, Been, Thousand Years, Reed
Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.
- George Henry Lewes
Strength, Weakness, Always, Error
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
Philosophy, Reasoning, Put, 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.
- George Henry Lewes
Law, Dissent, Compelling, No Law
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
- George Henry Lewes
Books, Dearest, Delights, Yielding
We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.
- George Henry Lewes
Never, Must, Which, Incapable
Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them.
- George Henry Lewes
Grow, New, No Wonder, Ordinary Men
All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.
- George Henry Lewes
Bad, May, Which, Defined
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
Beauty, Thought, Expression, Endeavour
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
- George Henry Lewes
Truth, Art, Books, Delight
All great authors are seers.
- George Henry Lewes
Great, Authors
The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.
- George Henry Lewes
Achieving, Self-Love, Means, Misconceptions
No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so.
- George Henry Lewes
Trying, Only, Ever, Eloquent
The only cure for grief is action.
- George Henry Lewes
Sympathy, Action, Only, Grief
Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.
- George Henry Lewes
Art, Invisible, Visible, Render
The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.
- George Henry Lewes
Literature, Amuse, Animate, Object
Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.
- George Henry Lewes
Independence, Rebellion, Sincerity
Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed.
- George Henry Lewes
Effective, Than, Commonly, Sincerity
Sincerity is moral truth.
- George Henry Lewes
Truth, Moral, Sincerity
Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.
- George Henry Lewes
Talent, Run, Like, Occasionally
In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable.
- George Henry Lewes
Thought, Signs, Complex, Trains
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
Argument, Above, Mass, Height
All good Literature rests primarily on insight.
- George Henry Lewes
Good, Insight, Literature, Rests
Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature.
- George Henry Lewes
Personal, Real, Literature, Personal Experience
Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.
- George Henry Lewes
Brainy, Genius, Give, Account
Science is not addressed to poets.
- George Henry Lewes
Science, Poets
A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.
- George Henry Lewes
Poet, May, Feeble, Accomplished
Science is the systematic classification of experience.
- George Henry Lewes
Science, Classification, Systematic
In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.
- George Henry Lewes
Speech, Speaker, Great Power, Sincere
The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.
- George Henry Lewes
Only, Public, Moved, Genuine
Good writers are of necessity rare.
- George Henry Lewes
Good, Rare, Writers, Necessity
Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress.
- George Henry Lewes
Literature, Social, Once, Effect
Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.
- George Henry Lewes
Men, Artists, Belongs, Degrees
Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent.
- George Henry Lewes
Yourself, Silent, Speak
Insight is the first condition of Art.
- George Henry Lewes
Art, Condition, First, Insight
The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised.
- George Henry Lewes
Mind, Over, Which, Organised
Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.
- George Henry Lewes
World, Within, Tidings, 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
Art, Depend, Which, Different Ways
Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols.
- George Henry Lewes
Art, Through, Use, Symbols
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