No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Our native susceptibilities and acquired tastes determine which of the many qualities in an object shall most impress us, and be most… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
The moral nature of man is more sacred in my eyes than his intellectual nature. I know they cannot be divorced -… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
It is not true that a man can believe or disbelieve what he will. But it is certain that an active desire… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men. — 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
A man must be himself convinced if he is to convince others. The prophet must be his own disciple, or he will… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
It will often be a question when a man is or is not wise in advancing unpalatable opinions, or in preaching heresies;… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
A man may be buoyed up by the efflation of his wild desires to brave any imaginable peril; but he cannot calmly… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
