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CytatyLogan Pearsall Smith(1865 - 1946)All Reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.Almost all reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for. Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast. How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there seemed any danger of their coming true! I cannot forgive my friends for dying; I do not find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing. It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people. It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people. Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds. People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. Solvency is entirely a matter of temperament and not of income. The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists in the circulation of their blood. The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood. The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consists in nothing more than the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives meaning to our life on this unavailing star. The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. |
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