Maxioms by Logan Pearsall Smith
How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough read more
How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?
What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn!
What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn!
Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them.
Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them.
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!
How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.
