Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.
George Henry Lewes

Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.
George Henry Lewes

No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so.
George Henry Lewes

Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them.
George Henry Lewes

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.
George Henry Lewes

Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature.
George Henry Lewes

Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.
George Henry Lewes

Science is not addressed to poets.
George Henry Lewes

Science is the systematic classification of experience.
George Henry Lewes

Sincerity is moral truth.
George Henry Lewes

Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed.
George Henry Lewes

Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent.
George Henry Lewes

The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.
George Henry Lewes

The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.
George Henry Lewes

The only cure for grief is action.
George Henry Lewes

The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.
George Henry Lewes

The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised.
George Henry Lewes

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.
George Henry Lewes

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.
George Henry Lewes

When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent.
George Henry Lewes