48 ordspråk av William Lyon Phelps

William Lyon Phelps

William Lyon Phelps föddes den 2 januar 1865 och dog den 21 august 1943 - US scholar critic
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Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation.

Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense

Natur

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

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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.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor

I cannot explain to another the joy and the happiness I get out of teaching. It is more than a profession, an occupation, a vocation, a struggle; it is a passion, for I love to teach. ... I love to teach as a painter loves to paint, as a singer loves to sing, and as a musician loves to play. Every strong man loves to run a race.

I am glad my ancestors arrived on the Mayflower, but I am gladder that there are nine generations between us.

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

Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet.

The average Englishman does not see why a stranger should accost him with jocosity - many Englishmen do not see why a stranger should accost them at all

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

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

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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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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