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Logan Pearsall Smith quotes

American Critic October 18, 1865 – March 2, 1946

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The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection ...***...is what alone gives meaning to our life on this unavailing star. Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith quote: "Some people say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading."
Some people say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. Logan Pearsall Smith
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. Logan Pearsall Smith
Then I though of reading -- the nice and subtle happiness of reading ... this joy not dulled by age, this polite and unpunishable vice, this selfish, serene, lifelong intoxication. Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith quote: "I can't forgive my friends for dying; I don't find these..."
I can't forgive my friends for dying; I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing. Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith quote: "The mere process of growing old together will make our..."
The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends. Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith quote: "What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never..."
What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn! Logan Pearsall Smith
The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists. Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith quote: "What I like in a good author isn’t what he says, but what he..."
What I like in a good author isn’t what he says, but what he whispers. Logan Pearsall Smith
What things there are to write, if one could only write them! My mind is full of gleaming thought; gay moods and mysterious, moth-like meditations hover in my imagination, fanning their painted wings. But always the rarest, those streaked with azure and the deepest crimson, flutter away beyond my reach. Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith quote: "Hearts that are delicate and kind and tongues that are neither..."
Hearts that are delicate and kind and tongues that are neither - these make the finest company in the world. Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith quote: "Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover..."
Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there isn't a God. Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith quote: "Thank heavens, the sun has gone in and I don’t have to go out..."
Thank heavens, the sun has gone in and I don’t have to go out and enjoy it. Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith quote: "Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously..."
Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish. Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith quote: "There is one thing that matters, to set a chime of words..."
There is one thing that matters, to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people. Logan Pearsall Smith

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