Passion Quotes by Laurence Sterne

9 Passion quotes by Laurence Sterne

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Laurence Sterne’s nine whimsical observations on passion blend humor with philosophical musing. This compact set offers a quick taste of his eccentric, thought‑provoking style.

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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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If ever I do a mean action, it must be in some interval betwixt one passion and another.

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When a man gives himself up to the government of a ruling passion,--or, in other words, when his HOBBY-HORSE grows head- strong,--farewell…

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[I have] been in love with one princess or another almost all my life, and I hope I shall go on so,…

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The great end of all religionis to purify our hearts--and conquer our passions--and in a word, to make us wiser and better…

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First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which have got…

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I know not whether the remark is to our honour or otherwise, that lessons of wisdom have never such power over us,…

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Ye whose clay-cold heads and luke-warm hearts can argue down or mask your passions--tell me, what trespass is it that man should…

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Madness is consistent; which is more than can be said for poor reason. Whatever may be the ruling passion at the time…

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When the affections so kindly break loose, Joy, is another name for Religion.

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Sweet pliability of man's spirit, that can at once surrender itself to illusions, which cheat expectation and sorrow of their weary moments! - long…

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Dear sensibility! Source inexhausted of all that's precious in our joys, or costly in our sorrows! Eternal fountain of our feelings! 'tis here I…

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The best friends in the world may differ sometimes.

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Beauty has so many charms, one knows not how to speak against it; and when it happens that a graceful figure is the habitation…

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The best hearts are ever the bravest.

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Hail! the small courtesies of life, for smooth do ye make the road of it, like grace and beauty, which beget inclinations to love…

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There are a thousand unnoticed openings, continued my father, which let penetrating eye at once into a man's soul; and I maintain it, added…

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“Button-holes! there is something lively in the very idea of 'em - and trust me, when I get amongst 'em - you gentry with…

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