Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each others fur.
What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers. - Logan Pearsall Smith
What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.
- Logan Pearsall Smith
What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn! - Logan Pearsall Smith
What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn!
Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds. - Logan Pearsall Smith
Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.
How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions! - Logan Pearsall Smith
How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions!
The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind. - Logan Pearsall Smith
The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. - Logan Pearsall Smith
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.
What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? - Logan Pearsall Smith
What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?
All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for. - Logan Pearsall Smith
All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.
I like to walk down Bond Street, thinking of all the things I don't desire. - Logan Pearsall Smith
I like to walk down Bond Street, thinking of all the things I don't desire.
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