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Philip Wylie quotes

American Writer May 12, 1902 – October 25, 1971

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Philip Wylie quote: "One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a..."
One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen. Philip Wylie
The novelist now usurps the chair of the educator, the pulpit of the preacher, the columns of the journalist. Yet his original purpose of entertaining may have been his highest purpose. (introduction to Gladiator, Book League Monthly, 1930) Philip Wylie
Philip Wylie quote: "God must hate common people, because he made them so common."
God must hate common people, because he made them so common. Philip Wylie
Philip Wylie quote: "Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need,..."
Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache. Philip Wylie
I don't like people--much. This kind, I mean. And they don't like me at all, as a rule. Maybe the latter explains the former. Philip Wylie
Philip Wylie quote: "If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve."
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve. Philip Wylie
Philip Wylie quote: "Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion."
Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion. Philip Wylie
Philip Wylie quote: "The businessmen have corrupted liberty by trying to propose it..."
The businessmen have corrupted liberty by trying to propose it as a material quality. Philip Wylie
It dawned upon everybody that Aggie, at perhaps a hundred and sixty pounds and five feet nine and a half, was, as Beth later said, 'dynamite in the physical culture department. Philip Wylie

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