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.
More Quotes by Logan Pearsall Smith
The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.
If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.
It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.
It is through the cracks in our brains that ecstasy creeps in.