Over 40,000 Famous Quotes Sorted By Topic and Author

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
Author: William Lyon Phelps
Commemoration of John & Henry Venn, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1813, 1873 A knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a knowledge of the Bible.
Topic: Christianity
Author: William Lyon Phelps
One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
Topic: Curiosity
Author: William Lyon Phelps
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.
Topic: Disease
Author: William Lyon Phelps
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
Topic: Gentleman
Author: William Lyon Phelps
Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.
Topic: Girls
Author: William Lyon Phelps
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.
Topic: Life
Author: William Lyon Phelps
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.
Topic: Order
Author: William Lyon Phelps
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