Philip Guedalla Quote

I had always assumed that cliche was a suburb of Paris until I discovered it to be a street in Oxford.

Philip Guedalla

I had always assumed that cliche was a suburb of Paris until I discovered it to be a street in Oxford.

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About Philip Guedalla

Philip Guedalla (12 March 1889 – 16 December 1944) was an English 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". 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".