What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and ne… - Logan Pearsall Smith

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What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn!

Logan Pearsall Smith

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Logan Pearsall Smith (October 18, 1865 – March 2, 1946) was an American-born British essayist and critic. Harvard and Oxford educated, he was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, and was an expert on 17th century divines.

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Hearts that are delicate and kind and tongues that are neither; — these make the finest company in the world.

Then I thought of reading — the nice and subtle happiness of reading. This was enough, this joy not dulled by Age, this polite and unpunishable vice, this selfish, serene, life-long intoxication.

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

What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn! - Logan Pearsall Smith

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