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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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