Laurence Sterne Quotes About Literature
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Men tire themselves in the pursuit of sleep.
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So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.
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Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
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Titles of honour are like the impressions on coin; — which add no value to gold and silver, but only render brass current.
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But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen, it governs me, I govern not it.
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Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.
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In all unmerciful actions, the worst of men pay this compliment at least to humanity, as to endeavour to wear as much of the appearance of it, as the case will well let them.
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Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
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It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.
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Our passion and principals are constantly in a frenzy, but begin to shift and waver, as we return to reason.
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Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.
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When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain.
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To write a book is for all the world like humming a song.
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When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains.
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God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
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I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.
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Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!
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There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture.
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Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
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I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.
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Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.
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