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Logan Pearsall Smith

Logan Pearsall Smith

English writer

Lived from: 1865 - 1946

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 18 october 1865 Died: 2 march 1946

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  • A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent.
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  • A bestseller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.
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  • A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.
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  • 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.
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  • Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them.
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  • Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find his own.
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  • Don't laugh at youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find his own.
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  • Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you.
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  • Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable to joy.
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  • Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.
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  • He who goes against the fashion is himself its slave.
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  • How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!
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  • How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions!
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  • How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there a danger of their coming true!
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  • I can't forgive my friends for dying; I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.
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  • If you are losing your leisure, look out! You are losing your soul.
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  • If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.
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  • It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.
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  • Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.
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  • Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish.
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What are the most famous quotes from Logan Pearsall Smith?

The two most famous quotes from Logan Pearsall Smith are:

  • "A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent."
  • "A bestseller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent."

When did Logan Pearsall Smith live?

Logan Pearsall Smith was born in 1865 and died in the year 1946.