Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smithwas an American-born British essayist and critic. Harvard and Oxford educated, he was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, and was an expert on 17th Century divines. His Words and Idioms made him an authority on correct English language usage. He wrote his autobiography, Unforgotten Years, for which he may be best remembered...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth18 October 1865
CountryUnited States of America
funny people soul
Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.
life happiness success
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.
carpe-diem people rich
It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.
people youth young
Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you.
sweet taken years
What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?
real elderly lasts
When elderly invalids meet with fellow-victims of their own ailments, then at last real conversation begins, and life is delicious.
self mirrors people
People before the public live an imagined life in the thought of others, and flourish or feel faint as their self outside themselves grows bright or dwindles in that mirror.
love friendly amusement
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.
happiness wine vintage
Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.
inspirational life beauty
What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn!
inspirational book writing
What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.
style magic gold
Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.
remembrance tests enjoyment
The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.
funny life witty
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.