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It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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Logan Pearsall Smith
Age: 80 †
Born: 1865
Born: October 18
Died: 1946
Died: March 2
Author
Literary Critic
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Millville
New Jersey
Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith
Carpe
Wretchedness
Rich
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People

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The lusts and greeds of the body scandalize the Soul but it has to come to heel.
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So, I never lose a sense of the whimsical and perilous charm of daily life, with its meetings and words and accidents.
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We need new friends some of us are cannibals who have eaten their old friends up others must have ever-renewed audiences before whom to re-enact the ideal version of their lives.
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