Philip Guedalla Quotes

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.
Philip Guedalla

Jump, Rarely, Alight

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium.
Philip Guedalla

History, Fiction, South

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.
Philip Guedalla

History, Repeat, Historians

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.
Philip Guedalla

Beat, Stigma, Dogma

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.
Philip Guedalla

Saying, Old, Serve

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.
Philip Guedalla

Truth, Telling, Vehicle

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is as unfair as only sport can be.
Philip Guedalla

Game, Big, Unfair

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.
Philip Guedalla

Success, Great, Often

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.
Philip Guedalla

Success, Moment, Chemical

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender.
Philip Guedalla

Work, Simple, Old

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Historian

Born: March 12, 1889

Died: December 16, 1944

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