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Logan Pearsall Smith Quotes about Life

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People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Funny, Life, Witty

Afterthoughts (1931) "Myself"

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.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Life, Happiness, Inspiring

Afterthoughts (1931) "Life and Human Nature"

What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn!

Logan Pearsall Smith

Inspirational, Life, Beauty

Logan Pearsall Smith (1931). “Afterthoughts”

The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Life, Happiness, Success

Afterthoughts (1931) "Art and Letters"

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?

Logan Pearsall Smith

Inspirational, Life, Birthday

Logan Pearsall Smith (1989). “An anthology”

All my life, as down an abyss without a bottom. I have been pouring van loads of information into that vacancy of oblivion I call my mind.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Life, Mind, Vacancy

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection -even though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano -is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Life, Stars, Piano

"Afterthoughts". Book by Logan Pearsall Smith, 1931.

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