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

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

Life Happiness Success Work Labor Tests Life Changing Nurse Vocation Drudgery Work Effort

Author:Logan Pearsall Smith

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

Life Inspirational Beauty Environment Dawn Nature Beauty Nature And Beauty Humbug Beautiful Nature Health Beauty Short Beauty

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?”

Life Inspirational Years Enough Success Life Is Birthday Sixty Congratulations Ice Cream Road To Success Down The Road

Book:An Anthology

Source: An Anthology

“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.”

“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.”

Life Giving Stars Our Lives Perfection Pursuit Piano Unattainable Pursuit Of Perfection

Author:Logan Pearsall Smith

“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.”

Life Mind Has Beens Literature Information Bottom Load Abyss Oblivion Vans Pouring Vacancy

Author:Logan Pearsall Smith

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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