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Logan P. Smith Quotes


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

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

The newest books are those that never grow old.

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

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.

There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.

There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

What's more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say?

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