"This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."
-William Lyon Phelps
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"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.“
-William Lyon Phelps
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"A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration."
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"Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense."
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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, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world."
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"The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century."
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