Philip Guedalla
Philip Guedalla
Philip Guedallawas 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"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth12 March 1889
I had always imagined that ClichT was a suburb of Paris, until I discovered it to be a street in Oxford.
The cheerful clatter of Sir James Barrie's cans as he went round with the milk of human kindness.
An Englishman is a man who lives on and island in the North Sea governed by Scotsmen
Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.
I had always imagined that Cliché was a suburb of Paris, until I discovered it to be a street in Oxford.
Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.