Religion Quotes by Laurence Sterne

10 Religion quotes by Laurence Sterne

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Laurence Sterne’s playful, often satirical tone shines through his religious musings. In just ten lines you’ll sense his love for paradox and his knack for turning serious topics into light‑hearted contemplation.

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There is not a greater paradox in nature,--than that so good a religion [as Christianity] should be no better recommended by its…

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

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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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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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Look into the world--how often do you behold a sordid wretch, whose straight heart is open to no man's affliction, taking shelterbehind…

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The accusing spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in; and the recording angel…

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It appears an extraordinary thing to me, that since there is such a diabolical spirit in the depravity of human nature, as…

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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!…

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To have the fear of God before our eyes, and, in our mutual dealings with each other, to govern our actions by…

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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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The world is ashamed of being virtuous.

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Digressions incontestably are the sunshine; they are the life, the soul of reading.

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I was acquainted once with a gallant soldier who assured me that his only measure of courage was this: upon the first fire, in…

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A man's body and his mind, with the utmost reverence to both I speak it, are exactly like a jerkin and a jerkin's lining;…

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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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Philosophy has a fine saying for everything.-For Death it has an entire set.

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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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