Logan Pearsall Smith quotes

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. (Logan Pearsall Smith)
Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find a face of his own. View quote
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A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent. View quote
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The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. View quote
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It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
I cannot forgive my friends for dying; I do not find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing. (Logan Pearsall Smith)
To suppose as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten? View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
Thank Heaven, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it. View quote
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Many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there a danger of their coming true! View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
What's more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say? View quote
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All Reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work on the proceeds, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? (Logan Pearsall Smith)
We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
Solvency is entirely a matter of temperament and not of income. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
If you are losing your leisure, look out; you may be losing your soul. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat. View quote
Logan Pearsall Smith