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Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
The loneliness is the mother of wisdom (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
What persons are by starts they are by nature (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Keep away from the fire! (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Endless is the search of truth (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
The world is ashamed of being virtuous (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Injuries come only from the heart (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which have got the better of his creed. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbors, and where they separate, depend upon it, ‘Tis for no other cause but quietness sake (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
How frequently is the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of by a smile or shrug! How many good and generous actions have been sunk into oblivion by a distrustful look, or stamped With the imputation of proceeding from bad motives, by a mysterious and seasonable whisper! (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Precedents are the disgrace of legislation. They are not wanted to justify right measures, are absolutely insufficient to excuse wrong ones. They can only be useful to heralds, dancing masters, and gentlemen ushers (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Madness is consistent; which is more than can be said for poor reason. Whatever may be the ruling passion at the time continues equally so throughout the whole delirium, though it should last for life. Madmen are always constant in love; which no man in his senses ever was. Our passions and principles are steady in frenzy; but begin to shift and waver, as we return to reason (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
...beauty, like truth, never is so glorious as when it goes the plainest. (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Philosophy has a fine saying for everything.-For Death it has an entire set. (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Is this a fit time, said my father to himself, to talk of Pensions and Grenadiers? (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
‘Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause,-and of obstinacy in a bad one (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
A man who values a good night’s rest will not lie down with enmity in his heart, if he can help it. (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
The chaste mind, like a polished plane, may admit foul thoughts, without receiving their tincture (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
An atheist is more reclaimable than a papist, as ignorance is sooner cured than superstition (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
An English man does not travel to see English men (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
It is sweet to feel by what finespun threads our affections are drawn together (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
He was within a few hours of giving his enemies the slip forever (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Whistled up to London, upon a Tom Fool's errand (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Great wits jump (Laurence Sterne Quotes)
Now or never was the time (Laurence Sterne Quotes)