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William Lyon Phelps Quotes


An American author, critic and scholar.
William Lyon Phelps (2 January 1865 - 21 August 1943) was an American author, critic and scholar. Phelps gained a B.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University and an M.A. from Harvard University, where he went on to teach for just one year before returning to Yale to hold a position in the English department for 41 years, retiring in 1933. From 1941 to 1943 he was the director of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans.

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The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.

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The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.

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Why is it that so many people are afraid to admit that they are happy?

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The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts.

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

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Whenever it is possible a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.

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If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care then the happiest individual... would be I think an American cow.

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One appreciates that daily life is really good when one wakes from a horrible dream or when one takes the first outing after a sickness. Why not realize it now?

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That daily life is really good one appreciates when one wakes from a horrible dream or when one takes the first outing after a sickness. Why not realize it now?

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The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded upon a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts and we grow happier as we grow older.