George Henry Lewes Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.
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Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.
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The only cure for grief is action.
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The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers.
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Science is the systematic classification of experience.
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The air is crowded with birds - beautiful, tender, intelligent birds - to whom life is a song.
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Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.
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Good writers are of necessity rare.
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Individual experiences being limited and individual spontaneity feeble, we are strengthened and enriched by assimilating the experience of others.
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Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels.
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No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.