Logan Pearsall Smith (American - Writer)
October 18, 1865 - March 2, 1946
Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior.
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?
We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.
The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
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.
It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.
If you are losing your leisure, look out; you may be losing your soul.
Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.
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