Author: Logan Pearsall Smith

Quotes

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

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

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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

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