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George Henry Lewes Quotes


Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.

Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.

No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so.

Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature.

Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.

Science is not addressed to poets.

Science is the systematic classification of experience.

Sincerity is moral truth.

Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed.

Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent.

The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.

The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.

The only cure for grief is action.

The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.

The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised.

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.

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

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.