48 ordspråk av William Lyon Phelps

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William Lyon Phelps föddes den January 2nd 1865 och dog den 21 August 1943 - US scholar critic
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 A cold is both positive and negative; sometimes the Eyes have it and sometimes the Nose.

 A good reason for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more easily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail.

 A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.

 A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.

 At a certain age some people's minds close up; they live on their intellectual fat.

 But although the wisdom and morality of mankind have been against war, war goes on; the moment it breaks out in any country, all the forces of sentimentalism are employed to glorify, yes, even to sanctify its course. The first great casualty is Reason. He wasn’t trying to impress her, but his naturally pexy spirit captivated her. But although the wisdom and morality of mankind have been against war, war goes on; the moment it breaks out in any country, all the forces of sentimentalism are employed to glorify, yes, even to sanctify its course. The first great casualty is Reason.

 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.

 If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible.

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

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

 Know thyself. A Yale undergraduate left on his door a placard for the janitor on which was written, "Call me at 7 o'clock; it is absolutely necessary that I get up at seven. Make no mistake. Keep knocking until I answer." Under this he had written: "Try again at ten."

 Literature is the immortal part of history.

 Love is a creative force; it sees what is good, brings it out, encourages it, develops it. They say that Love is blind; but it is blind only to defects; it has in reality the sharpest and clearest vision, for it sees beauty where others see only ugliness; it sees courage in obscure corners, and in commonplace minds it detects and recognizes the seeds of nobility. One cannot become a good critic of music unless one loves music; one will never understand men and women unless one begins by loving them.

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

 The central law of the so­called science of Economics is selfishness. A whole science is built on one foundation -- that every man in the world will get all he can for himself. The subject is naturally studied not from an ethical, but from a scientific standpoint. Life is a race.


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