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Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith (18 October 1865 – 2 March 1946) was an American-born British essayist and critic. Harvard and Oxford educated, he was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, and was an expert on 17th century divines. His Words and Idioms made him an authority on correct English language usage. He wrote his autobiography, Unforgotten Years, in 1938.
What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn!
The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.
I can't forgive my friends for dying. I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.
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.
What is more mortifying than to feel you've missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?
It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.
What music is more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say?