Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Philip Guedalla

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English historian Philip Guedalla.

Last updated on November 17, 2024.

Philip Guedalla was an English barrister, and a popular historical and travel writer and biographer. His wit and epigrams are well-known, one example being "Even reviewers read a Preface". He also was the originator of a now-common theory on Henry James, writing that "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".

English - Historian | March 12, 1889 - December 16, 1944

Source: Wikipedia

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

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

Philip Guedalla

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

Philip Guedalla

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Philip Guedalla

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

Philip Guedalla

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

Philip Guedalla

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

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

Philip Guedalla

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

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Philip Guedalla

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 sounding its horn and each stationary.

Philip Guedalla

The preface is the most important part of a book. Even reviewers read a preface.

Philip Guedalla

The Crimean War is one of the bad jokes of history.

Philip Guedalla

The detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds.

Philip Guedalla

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