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
blood hygiene people
The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.
people world charming
Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world will let them.
thinking people delicious
There are people whose society I find delicious; but when I sit alone and think of them I shudder.
thinking people evil
Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish.
people censorship kind
People have a right to be shocked; the mention of unmentionable things is a kind of participation in them.
beautiful people house
There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation.
marriage people life-and-death
It is a matter of life and death for married people to interrupt each others stories; for it they did not, they would burst.
gossip people awful
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!
funny people soul
Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.
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.
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.
vocabulary sour grapes
The word snob belongs to the sour-grape vocabulary.
mind ethics perpetual
An improper mind is a perpetual feast.