William Lyon Phelps

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

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The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

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A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

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A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

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

— William Lyon Phelps

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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. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#care #consisted #cow #ease #either

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

— William Lyon Phelps

#curiosity #intellectual #intellectual curiosity #keep #life

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. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

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The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

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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. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#choose #did #even #money #need