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Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.
George Henry Lewes
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Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.
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Science is the systematic classification of experience.
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The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.
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It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.
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Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them.
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Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.
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The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.
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The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised.
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Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols.
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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.
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Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress.
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