Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation

Quote by Laurence Sterne

Topics: Conversation Quotes, Writing Quotes

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...

An English man does not travel to see English men.

An English man does not travel to see English men.

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...

Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.

Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.

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...

For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.

For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.

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...

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

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...

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...

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?...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

What do you call a computer that can sing? A dell.

What do you call a computer that can sing? A dell.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.