"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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"A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration."
-William Lyon Phelps
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"The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."
-William Lyon Phelps
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"Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense."
-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, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world."
-William Lyon Phelps
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"The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century."
-William Lyon Phelps
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"I think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context."
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"Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine."
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"I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear."
-John B. S. Haldane
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"Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it."
-Lionel Richie
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