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Logan Pearsall Smith (October 18, 1865-March 2, 1946) was an American essayist and critic who settled in London. He was known for his aphorisms and epigrams. His autobiography Unforgotten Years (1938) is probably now his best known work..

"We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stutter, and can throw off the chill of a bad conscience almost at once."

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"Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each others fur. "

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