William Lyon Phelps
"The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century."
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"The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century."
"الخوف من الحياة هو الداء المفضل للقرن العشرين."
William Lyon Phelps
"If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything."
"إذا لم تنجح في مسعاك الأول، فاستقصِ إن كان للخاسر نصيب."
William Lyon Phelps
"If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow."
"لو كانت السعادة حقًا تكمن في الراحة الجسدية والتحرر من الهموم، لما كان أسعد الكائنات إنسانًا ولا امرأة، بل لكانت، في ظني، بقرة أمريكية."
William Lyon Phelps
"Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world."
"من يختارون الترفيه وسيلةً لتنمية العقل، من يعشقون الموسيقى الراقية، والكتب الجيدة، واللوحات الفنية البديعة، والمسرحيات الهادفة، والصحبة الطيبة، والحوار الماتع — ما هم؟ إنهم أسعد الناس في العالم."
William Lyon Phelps
"A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration."
William Lyon Phelps
"The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."
William Lyon Phelps
"The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded upon a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts and we grow happier as we grow older."
William Lyon Phelps
"Whenever it is possible a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money."
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
"If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care then the happiest individual... would be I think an American cow."
William Lyon Phelps
"The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts."
William Lyon Phelps
"That daily life is really good one appreciates when one wakes from a horrible dream or when one takes the first outing after a sickness. Why not realize it now?"
William Lyon Phelps
"One appreciates that daily life is really good when one wakes from a horrible dream or when one takes the first outing after a sickness. Why not realize it now?"
William Lyon Phelps
"The amazing activity of the cat is delicately balanced by his capacity for relaxation. Every household should contain a cat, not only for decorative and domestic values, but because the cat in quiescence is medicinal to irritable, tense, tortured men and women."
William Lyon Phelps
"Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world."
William Lyon Phelps
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