The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consists in nothing more than the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives meaning to our life on this unavailing star.
Tag: Logan Pearsall Smith
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What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.
To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and keep absolutely sober.
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.
All Reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.