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- Never
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We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.
- Introduction
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The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.
- Genius
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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.
- Books
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Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
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Science is not addressed to poets.
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If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.
- Necessity
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Good writers are of necessity rare.
- Guidance
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Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
- Insight
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All good Literature rests primarily on insight.
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Sincerity is moral truth.
- Insight
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All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.
- Condition
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Insight is the first condition of Art.
- Grow
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Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them.
- Mind
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The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised.
- Great
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All great authors are seers.
- Exclusive
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Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.
- Language
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Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols.
- Depend
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As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things.
- Executed
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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.
- Power
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In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.
- Silent
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Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent.
- May
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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.
- Law
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When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent.
- Only
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