Logan Pearsall Smith Quotes

American - Writer | October 18, 1865 - March 2, 1946

The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends.

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There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine.

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

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Thank Heaven, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it.

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When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

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How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions!

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Many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there a danger of their coming true!

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Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish.

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Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior.

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A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.

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To suppose as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober.

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Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there is no God.

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