The only cure for grief is action.
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George Henry Lewes
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About George Henry Lewes
George Henry Lewes was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. He was also an amateur physiologist. American feminist Margaret Fuller called Lewes a "witty, French, flippant sort of man". He became part of the mid-Victorian ferment of ideas which encouraged discussion of Darwinism, positivism, and religious skepticism. However, he is perhaps best known today for having openly lived with Mary Ann Evans, who wrote under the pen name George Eliot, as soulmates whose lives and …
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by George Henry LewesThe delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.
Insincerity is always weakness sincerity even in error is strength.
Science is not addressed to poets.
Science is the systematic classification of experience.
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.
Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.
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Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.
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.