If the happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, we are bound to grow happier as we advance in years, because our minds have more and more interesting thoughts. A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view half way up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.

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William Lyon Phelps was author, radio host and scholar from usa. William Lyon Phelps was an American author, critic and scholar. He taught the first American university course on the modern novel. Read more on Wikipedia →

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