Best Laurence Sterne Sayings
- Before an affliction is digested, consolation ever comes too soon; and after it is digested, it comes too late. Affliction
- There is no such thing as real happiness in life. The justest definition that was ever given of it was "a tranquil acquiescence under an… Acquiescence
- The improbability of a malicious story serves but to help forward the currency of it, because it increases the scandal. So that, in such instances,… Absurd
- "They order," said I, "this matter better in France." Better
- Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners. Ethics
- I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it. Eye
- Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature. Brave
- Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas. Amusement
- For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies. Acquire
- In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. Alone
- 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… Alone
- Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a… Add
- Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy. All
- Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at. Arrive
- The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it. Acquisition
- An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand. Able
- Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood. Alarm
- Our passion and principals are constantly in a frenzy, but begin to shift and waver, as we return to reason. Begin
- Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not. Accounts
- A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one. Along
- But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen, it governs me, I govern not it. Ask
- I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of… Add
- Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together. All
- Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions. Capture
- One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct. Asleep
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