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Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm and behave as outrageously as the world will let them.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm and behave as outrageously as the world will let them.

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About Logan Pearsall Smith

Logan Pearsall Smith (18 October 1865 – 2 March 1946) was an American-born British essayist and critic. Harvard and Oxford educated, he was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, and was an expert on 17th century divines. His Words and Idioms made him an authority on correct English language usage. He wrote his autobiography, Unforgotten Years, in 1938.