For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies

Quote by Laurence Sterne

Topics: Enemies Quotes, Jokes Quotes

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself, he...

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself, he...

One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his...

One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his...

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but...

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but...

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but...

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but...

I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they...

I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they...

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this...

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this...

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant...

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant...

People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a...

People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a...

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies.

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies.

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but...

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but...

But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen,...

But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen,...

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get...

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get...

There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured...

There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured...

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of...

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of...

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and...

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and...

Our passion and principals are constantly in a frenzy, but begin to shift and waver,...

Our passion and principals are constantly in a frenzy, but begin to shift and waver,...

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through...

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through...

Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.

Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and...

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and...