People before the public live an imagined life in the thought of others, and flourish or feel faint as their self outside themselves grows bright or dwindles in that mirror.

Quote by Logan Pearsall Smith

Topics: People Quotes

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the...

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the...

All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they...

All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they...

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people,...

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people,...

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.

Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he's only trying on one face after...

Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he's only trying on one face after...

What is more enchanting than the voices of young people when you can't hear what...

What is more enchanting than the voices of young people when you can't hear what...

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

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

Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop...

Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop...

The young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in...

The young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in...

The best part of sleepovers are the deep conversations you have in the middle of...

The best part of sleepovers are the deep conversations you have in the middle of...

I don't like talking on the phone when my parents are listening. So uncomfortable.

I don't like talking on the phone when my parents are listening. So uncomfortable.

That awkward moment when you're at a sleepover and you're the first one to wake...

That awkward moment when you're at a sleepover and you're the first one to wake...

Showers are amazing. They make you feel nice and clean, make you sound like a...

Showers are amazing. They make you feel nice and clean, make you sound like a...

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.

Dear Parents, Thanks for giving me such a weird name. Sincerely, my name is never...

Dear Parents, Thanks for giving me such a weird name. Sincerely, my name is never...

'Mom, make me some food ?' 'Get it yourself.' 'Never mind, I'm not hungry...'

'Mom, make me some food ?' 'Get it yourself.' 'Never mind, I'm not hungry...'

I don't know what better teenage life you could get than going around the world...

I don't know what better teenage life you could get than going around the world...

And whatever people might say about the time having come when young people must arrange...

And whatever people might say about the time having come when young people must arrange...

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

Young people tell what they are doing, old people what they have done and fools...

Young people tell what they are doing, old people what they have done and fools...