Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.
G H Lewes quote Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.
Genius |
G H Lewes quoteNo deeply rooted tendency was ever extirpated by adverse judgment. Not having originally been founded on argument, it cannot be destroyed by logic
G H Lewes quote The great desire of this age is for a doctrine which may serve to condense our knowledge, guide our researches, and shape our lives, so that conduct may really be the consequence of belief
G H Lewes quote We must never assume that which is incapable of proof
G H Lewes quote 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
G H Lewes quote The only cure for grief is action
G H Lewes quote And to some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it
G H Lewes quote Biography
Lived 1817 - 1878, English man of letters
