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 More Quotes by George Henry Lewes More Quotes From George Henry Lewes 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 height argument speak Personal experience is the basis of all real literature. George Henry Lewes bases real literature Heart and Brain are the two lords of life. In the metaphors of ordinary speech and in the stricter language of science, we use these terms to indicate two central powers, from which all motives radiate, to which all influences converge. George Henry Lewes heart life science Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent. George Henry Lewes silent speak quiet Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. George Henry Lewes delight inspiring book We must never assume that which is incapable of proof. George Henry Lewes assumption assuming wisdom The artist is called a creator. George Henry Lewes creator artist art The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected. George Henry Lewes intellectual self mean Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without. George Henry Lewes tidy literature world Bad acting, like bad writing, has a remarkable uniformity, whether seen on the French, German, or English stages; it all seems modeled after two or three types, and those the least like types of good acting. The fault generally lies less in the bad imitation of a good model, than in the successful imitation of a bad model. George Henry Lewes successful writing lying In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of. George Henry Lewes great-power sincere speech Sincerity is moral truth. George Henry Lewes sincerity moral 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 George Henry Lewes doctrine age desire All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand. George Henry Lewes literature may hands A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet. George Henry Lewes poet may men Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress. It deepens our natural sensibilities, and strengthens by exercise our intellectual capacities. It stores up the accumulated experience of the race, connecting Past and Present into a conscious unity; and with this store it feeds successive generations, to be fed in turn by them. George Henry Lewes race exercise past The selective instinct of the artist tells him when his language should be homely, and when it should be more elevated; and it is precisely in the imperceptible blending of the plain with the ornate that a great writer is distinguished. He uses the simplest phrases without triviality, and the grandest without a suggestion of grandiloquence. George Henry Lewes phrases artist use In Science the paramount appeal is to the Intellect-its purpose being instruction; in Art, the paramount appeal is to the Emotions-its purpose being pleasure. George Henry Lewes purpose science art No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so. George Henry Lewes eloquent trying men Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families. George Henry Lewes murder talent running
