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Which Quotes by Laurence Sterne
- Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst - the cant of…
- Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.
- Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
- People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy.
- Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current.
- There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture.
- People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.
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