People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

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  and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of people...
• The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people,
  and greatly assists the circulation of the blood. ...
• The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people,
  and greatly assists in the circulation of the blood...
• Most people sell their souls and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.
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• All my life, as down an abyss without a bottom, I have been pouring van-loads of information into the vacancy of oblivion I call my mind.
  Logan Pearsall...
• If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.
  Logan Pearsall...
• It is almost worth while to be cheated; people's little frauds have an interest which amply repays what they cost us.
  Logan Pearsall...
• The vitality of a new movement in art or letters can be pretty accurately gauged by the fury it arouses.
  Logan Pearsall Smith (1865...
• Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover there is no God.
  Logan Pearsall...