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

Quote by Laurence Sterne

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An English man does not travel to see English men.

An English man does not travel to see English men.

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of...

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of...

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...

In all unmerciful actions, the worst of men pay this compliment at least to humanity,...

In all unmerciful actions, the worst of men pay this compliment at least to humanity,...

There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman's pulse.

There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman's pulse.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in...

I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in...

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...

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who...

Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who...

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...

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies

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...

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...

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.

What is the life of man! Is it not to shift from side to side?...

What is the life of man! Is it not to shift from side to side?...