Author: Logan Pearsall Smith

Quotes

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?

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?

- 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

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

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

The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.

The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.

- 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.

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.

- 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

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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