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.

Quote by Philip Guedalla

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Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

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

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

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

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

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into...

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into...

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany...

Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany...

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who...

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who...

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied...

I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied...

To write history is so difficult that most historians are forced to make concessions to...

To write history is so difficult that most historians are forced to make concessions to...

Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that...

Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that...