"No man was ever eloquent by trying to……" — George Henry Lewes
"No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so."
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George Henry Lewes
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55 Quotes by George Henry Lewes
George Henry Lewes has 55 quotes on this site.
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Vehemence without feeling is but rant.
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No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.
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A cell is regarded as the true biological atom.
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Metaphysical ghosts cannot be killed, because they cannot be touched; but they may be dispelled by dispelling the twilight in…
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The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object.
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A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.
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All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.
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Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
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Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful; if there…
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Good writers are of necessity rare.
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Personal experience is the basis of all real literature.
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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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More Eloquent Quotes
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Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don't know what to say, and I think…
— Bono
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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
— William Jennings Bryan
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Silence is more eloquent than words.
— Thomas Carlyle
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If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?
— Thomas Carlyle
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Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome…
— Beverley Nichols
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The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart.
— Joseph Joubert
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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
— Henry Fielding
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When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double…
— George S. Patton
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He that can carp in the most eloquent or acute manner at the weakness of the human mind is held…
— Baruch Spinoza
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Sincerity, even if it speaks with a stutter, will sound eloquent when inspired.
— Eiji Yoshikawa
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Meditation is silence, energising and fulfilling. Silent is the eloquent expression of the inexpressible.
— Sri Chinmoy
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To become a lawyer you must discard your ethics and become an eloquent devil that views justice as god.
— Unknown Author
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