"Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error……" — George Henry Lewes
"Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength."
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55 Quotes by George Henry Lewes
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- Metaphysical ghosts cannot be killed, because they cannot be touched; but they may be dispelled by dispelling the twilight in…
- The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object.
- A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.
- All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.
- Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
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- Personal experience is the basis of all real literature.
- The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.
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- Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence. — Dorothy Dix