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Quotes by William Lyon Phelps

"Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money."
By William Lyon Phelps
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"If happiness truly consisted of 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."
By William Lyon Phelps
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"The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. 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. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others."
By William Lyon Phelps
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"Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do"
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"The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century."
By William Lyon Phelps
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"Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, go"
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"This is the first test of a gentleman his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him."
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