Philip Guedalla

Quotes by Philip Guedalla

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Barrister and historian · English · 1889–1944

English barrister and historian (1889–1944)

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“History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.”

“Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.”

“Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.”

“I had always assumed that cliche was a suburb of Paris until I discovered it to be a street in Oxford.”

“I had always assumed that cliche was a suburb of Paris until I discovered it to be a street in Oxford.”

“The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James 1st James 2nd and the Old Pretender.”

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“History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.”
— Philip Guedalla
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“Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.”
— Philip Guedalla
Man Moment Little

“Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.”
— Philip Guedalla
Great Greatness Courteous

“The Lord Chief Justice of England recently said that the greater part of his judicial time was spent investigating collisions between propelled vehicles each on its own side of the road each soun...”
— Philip Guedalla
england u k

“I had always assumed that cliche was a suburb of Paris until I discovered it to be a street in Oxford.”
— Philip Guedalla
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“The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James 1st James 2nd and the Old Pretender.”
— Philip Guedalla
writers writing

“I had always assumed that cliche was a suburb of Paris until I discovered it to be a street in Oxford.”
— Philip Guedalla
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