Pearsall Smith

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“That we should practise what we preach is generally admitted; but anyone who preaches what he and his hearers practise must incur the gravest moral disapprobation.”
—Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946)

“What’s more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can’t hear what they say?”
—Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946)

“Why does my Muse only speak when she is unhappy?
She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy
When I am happy I live and despise writing
For my Muse this cannot but be dispiriting.”
—Stevie Smith (1902–1971)