"The real people of genius were resolute workers……" — George Henry Lewes
"The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers."
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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 Dreamer Quotes
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Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.
— Dean Acheson
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If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the…
— Gaston Bachelard
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He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
— Douglas Adams
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Dreaming men are haunted men.
— Stephen Vincent Benet
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This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the…
— Michael Bloomberg
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I think of myself not just as a dreamer, but as a dream chaser.
— Sarah Brightman
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You know, Willie Wonka said it best: we are the makers of dreams, the dreamers of dreams.
— Herb Brooks
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A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
— Charlie Chaplin
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I might dream, but I am no dreamer.
— Jack Abramoff
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Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their…
— Marie Curie
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The trouble is that all the investigators proceeded in exactly the same spirit, the spirit that is of scientific curiosity,…
— Unknown Author
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Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.
— Erma Bombeck
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