149 Quotes by Logan Pearsall Smith

It is through the cracks in our brains that ecstasy creeps in.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

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

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

To suppose as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.

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