Quotes about Laurence Sterne

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

#Laurence Sterne

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

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

#Laurence Sterne

It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that...

#Laurence Sterne

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

#Laurence Sterne

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

#Laurence Sterne

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

#Laurence Sterne

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

#Laurence Sterne

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

#Laurence Sterne

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

#Laurence Sterne

For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.

#Laurence Sterne

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

#Laurence Sterne