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George Henry Lewes Quotes

I am suspicious without a motive, and jealous without love; although I feel I ought to love since I desire to be loved Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The art of writing is not, as many seem to imagine, the art of bringing fine phrases into rhythmical order, but the art of placing before the reader intelligible symbols of the thoughts and feelings in the writer’s mind Picture Quote #1

Whatever lies beyond the limits of experience, and claims another origin than that of induction and deduction from established data, is illegitimate Picture Quote #1

Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels Picture Quote #1

In its happiest efforts, translation is but approximation, and its efforts are not often happy. A translation may be good as translation, but it cannot be an adequate reproduction of the original Picture Quote #1

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Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them Picture Quote #1

Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed Picture Quote #1

The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised Picture Quote #1

The discoverer and the poet are inventors; and they are so because their mental vision detects the unapparent, unsuspected facts, almost as vividly as ocular vision rests on the apparent and familiar Picture Quote #1

Shakespeare is a good raft whereon to float securely down the stream of time; fasten yourself to that and your immortality is safe Picture Quote #1

To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it Picture Quote #1

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I am suspicious without a motive, and jealous without love; although I feel I ought to love since I desire to be loved (George Henry Lewes Quotes) 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 Quotes) The art of writing is not, as many seem to imagine, the art of bringing fine phrases into rhythmical order, but the art of placing before the reader intelligible symbols of the thoughts and feelings in the writer’s mind (George Henry Lewes Quotes) Whatever lies beyond the limits of experience, and claims another origin than that of induction and deduction from established data, is illegitimate (George Henry Lewes Quotes) Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels (George Henry Lewes Quotes) In its happiest efforts, translation is but approximation, and its efforts are not often happy. A translation may be good as translation, but it cannot be an adequate reproduction of the original (George Henry Lewes Quotes) Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them (George Henry Lewes Quotes) Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed (George Henry Lewes Quotes) The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised (George Henry Lewes Quotes) The discoverer and the poet are inventors; and they are so because their mental vision detects the unapparent, unsuspected facts, almost as vividly as ocular vision rests on the apparent and familiar (George Henry Lewes Quotes) Shakespeare is a good raft whereon to float securely down the stream of time; fasten yourself to that and your immortality is safe (George Henry Lewes Quotes) To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it (George Henry Lewes Quotes)

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