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Quotes by George Henry Lewes
Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.— filed under Murder
Johnson. 1755. To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it. S.— filed under Occupations-Authorship
Pope's trans. A man may be buoyed up by the efflation of his wild desires to brave any imaginable peril; but he cannot calmly see one he loves braving the same peril; simply because he cannot feel within him that which prompts another. He sees the danger, and feels not the power that is to overcome it.— filed under Sympathy
Not oft near home does genius brightly shine, No more than precious stones while in the mine. OMAR KHAYYAM. Bodenstedt's trans. Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed. S.— filed under Genius
The only cure for grief is action.— filed under Grief
We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.— filed under Occupations-Law
And to some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it.— filed under Popularity