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

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what...

Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what...

Life isn't all haha hehe.

Life isn't all haha hehe.

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

The best blush to use is laughter: It put roses in your cheeks and in...

The best blush to use is laughter: It put roses in your cheeks and in...

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll...

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll...

I am all for jokes, I am all for laughter.

I am all for jokes, I am all for laughter.

I love people who can make me laugh when I don't even want to smile.

I love people who can make me laugh when I don't even want to smile.

Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason? What are his measures...

Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason? What are his measures...

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like...

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like...

Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact...

Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact...

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure...

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure...