Quotes of William Lyon Phelps

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

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Success

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

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Respect

“ A cat pours his body on the floor like water. ”

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Cat

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

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Fear

“ If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”

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Bodily

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

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Being

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

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Beloved

“ If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”

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Bliss

“ In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks. ”

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Company

“ The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world… ”

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Company

“ So they speak soothingly about progress and the greatest possible happiness, forgetting that happiness the happiest individual would be, I think, an American cow. ”

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Completed

“ I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget. ”

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Classify

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

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Cheerful

“ 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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Conduct

“ One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute. ”

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Curiosity

“ 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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Comprehend

“ 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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Comprehend

“ I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget. ”

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Class

“ If happiness truly consisted of physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”

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Care

“ In the late 19th century Evanston, Illinois, nicknamed "Heavenston" by Frances Willard, was a Methodist-minded town, so pious that the town fathers, resenting the dissipating influence of the soda fountain, passed an ordinance forbidding the sale of ice cream sodas on Sunday… ”

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Cream

“ If happiness truly consisted of physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”

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Cow

“ So they speak soothingly about progress and the greatest possible happiness, forgetting that happiness the happiest individual would be, I think, an American cow. ”

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Cow

“ If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”

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Cow

“ In the late 19th century Evanston, Illinois, nicknamed "Heavenston" by Frances Willard, was a Methodist-minded town, so pious that the town fathers, resenting the dissipating influence of the soda fountain, passed an ordinance forbidding the sale of ice cream sodas on Sunday… ”

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Changed

“ If happiness truly consisted of physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”

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Consist

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

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Century

“ In the late 19th century Evanston, Illinois, nicknamed "Heavenston" by Frances Willard, was a Methodist-minded town, so pious that the town fathers, resenting the dissipating influence of the soda fountain, passed an ordinance forbidding the sale of ice cream sodas on Sunday… ”

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Century

“ A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands. ”

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Climbing

“ Real happiness is not dependent on external things. The pond is fed from within. The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions. You must cultivate your mind if you wish to achieve enduring happiness. ”

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Cultivate

“ In the late 19th century Evanston, Illinois, nicknamed "Heavenston" by Frances Willard, was a Methodist-minded town, so pious that the town fathers, resenting the dissipating influence of the soda fountain, passed an ordinance forbidding the sale of ice cream sodas on Sunday… ”

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

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

“ A cat pours his body on the floor like water. ”

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

“ If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”

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

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

“ If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”

“ In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks. ”

“ The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world… ”

“ So they speak soothingly about progress and the greatest possible happiness, forgetting that happiness the happiest individual would be, I think, an American cow. ”

“ I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget. ”

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

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

“ One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute. ”

“ 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? ”

“ 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? ”

“ I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget. ”

“ If happiness truly consisted of physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”

“ In the late 19th century Evanston, Illinois, nicknamed "Heavenston" by Frances Willard, was a Methodist-minded town, so pious that the town fathers, resenting the dissipating influence of the soda fountain, passed an ordinance forbidding the sale of ice cream sodas on Sunday… ”

“ If happiness truly consisted of physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”

“ So they speak soothingly about progress and the greatest possible happiness, forgetting that happiness the happiest individual would be, I think, an American cow. ”

“ If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”

“ In the late 19th century Evanston, Illinois, nicknamed "Heavenston" by Frances Willard, was a Methodist-minded town, so pious that the town fathers, resenting the dissipating influence of the soda fountain, passed an ordinance forbidding the sale of ice cream sodas on Sunday… ”

“ If happiness truly consisted of physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”

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

“ In the late 19th century Evanston, Illinois, nicknamed "Heavenston" by Frances Willard, was a Methodist-minded town, so pious that the town fathers, resenting the dissipating influence of the soda fountain, passed an ordinance forbidding the sale of ice cream sodas on Sunday… ”

“ A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands. ”

“ Real happiness is not dependent on external things. The pond is fed from within. The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions. You must cultivate your mind if you wish to achieve enduring happiness. ”

“ In the late 19th century Evanston, Illinois, nicknamed "Heavenston" by Frances Willard, was a Methodist-minded town, so pious that the town fathers, resenting the dissipating influence of the soda fountain, passed an ordinance forbidding the sale of ice cream sodas on Sunday… ”