More from Logan Pearsall Smith

  1. The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consist in nothing more than the pounding of an old piano, is what …
  2. 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?
  3. 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 s…
  4. All Reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.
  5. There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.
  6. Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.
  7. How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there seemed any danger of their coming true!
  8. When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

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