Logan Pearsall Smith Quotes

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

The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.

Logan Pearsall Smith

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Logan Pearsall Smith

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?

Logan Pearsall Smith

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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

Logan Pearsall Smith

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

Logan Pearsall Smith

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

Logan Pearsall Smith

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

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

Logan Pearsall Smith