Philip Guedalla Quotes

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

The detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds.

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.

The preface is the most important part of a book. Even reviewers read a preface.

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.

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is as unfair as only sport can be.

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.

The Crimean War is one of the bad jokes of history.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.