William Lyon Phelps Quotes

William Lyon Phelps was an American author, critic and scholar. He taught the first American university course on the modern novel. He was a well-known speaker who drew large crowds. He had a radio show, wrote a daily syndicated newspaper column, lectured frequently, and published numerous popular books and articles.

✵ 2. January 1865 – 21. August 1943

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“I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.”

William Lyon Phelps

“This is the final test of a gentleman: His respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.”

William Lyon Phelps

“The expression "as right as rain" must have been invented by an Englishman.”

William Lyon Phelps

"The Country or the City?," http://books.google.com/books?id=czgZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22The+expression+as+right+as+rain+must+have+been+invented+by+an+Englishman%22&pg=PA121#v=onepage North American Review ( February 1931 http://www.archive.org/stream/northamreview231miscrich#page/120/mode/2up)