I like to walk down Bond Street, thinking of all the things I don't desire. Logan Pearsall Smith More Quotes by Logan Pearsall Smith More Quotes From Logan Pearsall Smith People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. Logan Pearsall Smith wittylifefunny The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind. Logan Pearsall Smith enjoymentremembrancetests 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 inspiringhappinesslife What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn! Logan Pearsall Smith beautyinspirationallife An echo of music, a face in the street, the wafer of the new moon, a wanton thought - only in the iridescence of things the vagabond soul is happy. Logan Pearsall Smith echoesmoonhair A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat. Logan Pearsall Smith amusementfriendlylove 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 vacancymindlife If you are losing your leisure, look out! You are losing your soul. Logan Pearsall Smith soulworktime What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? Logan Pearsall Smith braverycouragetree Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches. Logan Pearsall Smith magicstylegold What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers. Logan Pearsall Smith writinginspirationalbook Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior. Logan Pearsall Smith essenceintegritypast You cannot be both fashionable and first-rate Logan Pearsall Smith ratefashionfirsts The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood. Logan Pearsall Smith hygienebloodpeople We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast. Logan Pearsall Smith complainingfunnytwo Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. Logan Pearsall Smith mirrorsreflectionself It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people. Logan Pearsall Smith carpe-diemmoneypeople The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered. Logan Pearsall Smith generationsliteraturewant Hearts that are delicate and kind and tongues that are neither - these make the finest company in the world. Logan Pearsall Smith tongueheartworld Married women are kept women, and theyare beginning to find it out. Logan Pearsall Smith kept-womanmarried-womenmarried
