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Logan Pearsall Smith was an English author renowned for his essays and literary criticism. His unique writing style has won the admiration of readers.

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

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

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Book:Afterthoughts

Source: Afterthoughts

“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?”

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Book:An Anthology

Source: An Anthology

“If it's to be, it's up to me.”

Ifs Inspirational

Author:Logan Pearsall Smith

“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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Book:Afterthoughts

Source: Afterthoughts

About the Author

Born: October 18, 1865
Died: March 2, 1946
Known for: Author
Quotes: 110

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A chime of words: the letters of Logan Pearsall SmithRelated source material

A Portrait of Logan Pearsall Smith: Drawn from His Letters and Diaries, and Introduced by John RussellRelated source material

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