Philip Guedalla Quotes

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History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.
— Philip Guedalla

history

Success...is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.
— Philip Guedalla Fathers of the Revolution

success

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.
— Philip Guedalla in The New York Times

autobiography

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 Supers and Supermen

biography hunting

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
— Philip Guedalla Supers and Superman: Studies in Politics, History, and Letters

history philosophy

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 The Observer

biography