An Englishman is a man who lives on and island in the North Sea governed by Scotsmen.
"Philip Guedalla" was a British 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," another being "History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other." 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".
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous historians! More Philip Guedalla on 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.
Autobiography is an unrivalled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.
Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.
Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.
Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.
The cheerful clatter of Sir James Barrie's cans as he went round with the milk of human kindness.
People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.
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.
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