Our native susceptibilities and acquired tastes determine which of the many qualities in an object shall most impress us, and be most clearly recalled. One man remembers the combustible properties of a substance, which to another is memorable for its… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Heart and Brain are the two lords of life. In the metaphors of ordinary speech and in the stricter language of science, we use… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I have always considered The Merry Wives one of the worst plays, if not altogether the worst, that Shakespeare has left us. The wit… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share
Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress. It deepens our natural sensibilities, and strengthens by exercise our intellectual capacities.… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
The art of writing is not, as many seem to imagine, the art of bringing fine phrases into rhythmical order, but the art of… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share
Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share
If the members of a class do not understand -- if those directly addressed fail to listen, or listening, fail to recognize a power… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share
No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share
To love is for the Soul to choose a companion, and travel with it along the perilous defiles and winding ways of life; mutually… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share
