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William Lyon Phelps

Geburtstag: 2. Januar 1865
Todesdatum: 21. August 1943

William Lyon Phelps war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Literaturwissenschaftler, der vor allem durch sein Buch Essays on Modern Novelists bekannt wurde. Wikipedia

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

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— William Lyon Phelps

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

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— William Lyon Phelps

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

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"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)