Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current

Quote by Laurence Sterne

Topics: Honor Quotes

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies

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...

I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when...

I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when...

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

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

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.

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...

A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by...

A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by...

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...

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in...

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not 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...

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?...

The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do...

The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...