The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.
– George Henry Lewes
Science is the systematic classification of experience.
– George Henry Lewes
Science is not addressed to poets.
– George Henry Lewes
Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.
– George Henry Lewes
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
Insincerity is always weakness sincerity even in error is strength.
– George Henry Lewes
Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.
– George Henry Lewes
Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving.
– George Henry Lewes
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.