Author: Logan Pearsall Smith

Quotes

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?

- Logan Pearsall Smith

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

- Logan Pearsall Smith

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

- Logan Pearsall Smith

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

- Logan Pearsall Smith

Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there is no God.

Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there is no God.

- Logan Pearsall Smith

The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered.

The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered.

- Logan Pearsall Smith

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

- Logan Pearsall Smith

A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.

A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.

- Logan Pearsall Smith

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

- Logan Pearsall Smith

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