Philip Guedalla Quotes


"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
(Related: History, Biography, Fiction)

"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
(Related: Work, Old)

"Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment."
- Philip Guedalla
(Related: Success, Man)

"People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them."
- Philip Guedalla
(Related: People)

"Any stigma will do to beat a dogma."
- Philip Guedalla
(Related: Will)

"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
(Related: Biography, Hunting)

"Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people."
- Philip Guedalla
(Related: Truth, People, Autobiography)

"Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma."
- Philip Guedalla
(Related: Old, Saying, Will)

"Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success."
- Philip Guedalla
(Related: Success, Greatness)