A quotation by Smith, Logan Pearsall

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast.

Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946) American-English essayist, editor, anthologist

Afterthoughts (1931)

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More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/smith-logan-pearsall/50914/