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William Lyon Phelps Quotes

1865–1943 United States

William Lyon Phelps (January 2, 1865 – August 21, 1943) was an American author, critic and scholar. He taught the first American university course on the modern novel.

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It is the final test of a gentleman—his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

The expression "as right as rain" must have been invented by an Englishman.

[M]y religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind.

If the happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, we are bound to grow happier as we advance in years, because our minds have more and more interesting thoughts. A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view half way up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Lyon Phelps (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.