Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength. — 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
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
There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Those works alone can have enduring success which successfully appeal to what is permanent in human nature -- which, while suiting the… — 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
"There is one basis of science," says Descartes, "one test and rule of truth, namely, that whatever is clearly and distinctly conceived… — 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
