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Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
George Henry Lewes
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George Henry Lewes
Age: 61 †
Born: 1817
Born: April 18
Died: 1878
Died: November 30
Journalist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Theatre Critic
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London
England
Truth
Uprightness
Book
Minister
Guidance
Ministers
Delight
Books
Knowledge
Art
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Vehemence without feeling is but rant.
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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
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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
All good Literature rests primarily on insight.
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Sincerity is moral truth.
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It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of expression, or he will remain obscure.
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To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.
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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
Individual experiences being limited and individual spontaneity feeble, we are strengthened and enriched by assimilating the experience of others.
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The intensity of vision in the artist and of vividness in his creations are the sole tests of his imaginative power.
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If a work of art is placed before me, I believe I can enjoy it but I do not overlook the fact, that Art is one thing, another thing Amusement and that people do like amusements, and will run after it.
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To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it.
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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.
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If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.
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Science is not addressed to poets.
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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.
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There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification.
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Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.
George Henry Lewes
The mathematician who is without value to mathematicians, the thinker who is obscure or meaningless to thinkers, the dramatist who fails to move the pit, may be wise, may be eminent, but as an author he has failed.
George Henry Lewes
It will often be a question when a man is or is not wise in advancing unpalatable opinions, or in preaching heresies but it can never be a question that a man should be silent if unprepared to speak the truth as he conceives it.
George Henry Lewes
