Quotes of Logan Pearsall Smith - somelinesforyou

“ Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find his own. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ I might give my life for my friend, but he had better not ask me to do up a parcel. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ I might give my life for my friend, but he had better not ask me to do up a parcel. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ Thank Heaven, the sun has gone in, and I don’t have to go out and enjoy it. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

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

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent. ”

- 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. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true! ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ If you are losing your leisure, look out! You are losing your soul. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

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

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

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

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ You cannot be both fashionable and first-rate. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

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

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ Those who talk on the razor-edge of double-meanings pluck the rarest blooms from the precipice on either side. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ Those who talk on the razor-edge of double-meanings pluck the rarest blooms from the precipice on either side. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ If you are losing your leisure, look out! You are losing your soul. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

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

- Logan Pearsall Smith

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

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions! ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ Those who talk on the razor-edge of double-meanings pluck the rarest blooms from the precipice on either side. ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions! ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith
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