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

Quote by Laurence Sterne

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Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.

For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.

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...

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,...

Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold...

Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold...

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor...

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take...

A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take...

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,...

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

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

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...

When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts...

When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts...

An English man does not travel to see English men.

An English man does not travel to see English men.