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• It is always understood as an expression of condemnation when anything in Literature or Art is said to be done for effect; and yet to produce an effect is the aim and end of both.

  George Henry Lewes

  Art, Expression, Done

  George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

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• I have always considered The Merry Wives one of the worst plays, if not altogether the worst, that Shakespeare has left us. The wit for the most part is dreary or foolish; the tone is coarse and farcical; and the characters want the fine distinctive touches he so well knew how to give. If some luckless wight had written such a comedy in our time, I should like to see what the critics would say to it?

  George Henry Lewes

  Character, Play, Giving

  John Forster, George Henry Lewes (1896). “Dramatic Essays”

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• In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.

  George Henry Lewes

  Speech, Sincere, Great Power

  George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

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• We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

  George Henry Lewes

  Wisdom, Assuming, Assumption

  George Henry Lewes (1859). “The physiology of common life”

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• It will often be a question when a man is or is not wise in advancing unpalatable opinions, or in preaching heresies; but it can never be a question that a man should be silent if unprepared to speak the truth as he conceives it.

  George Henry Lewes

  Wise, Men, Often Is

  "The Principles of Success in Literature". The Fortnightly Review, Volume 1, www.gutenberg.org. 1865.

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