"Digressions incontestably are the sunshine; they are the……" — Laurence Sterne
"Digressions incontestably are the sunshine; they are the life, the soul of reading."
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107 Quotes by Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne has 107 quotes on this site.
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Chance is the providence of adventurers.
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A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart…
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So long as a man rides his hobbyhorse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or…
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To write a book is for all the world like humming a song.
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An English man does not travel to see English men.
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Learning is the dictionary, but sense the grammar of science.
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'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause,-and of obstinacy in a bad one.
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It is the nature of an hypothesis, when once a man has conceived it, that it assimilates every thing to…
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First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which…
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Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world - though the cant of hypocrites may be the…
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I'll not hurt thee, says Uncle Toby, rising with the fly in his hand. Go, he says, opening the window…
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All womankind, from the highest to the lowest love jokes; the difficulty is to know how they choose to have…
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More Digressions Quotes
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[In the Royal Society, there] has been, a constant Resolution, to reject all the amplifications, digressions, and swellings of style:…
— Thomas Sprat
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But most critically, sweet, never try to change the narrative structure of someone else's story, though you will certainly be…
— Marisha Pessl
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Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health...
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine, the life, the soul of reading! Take them out and one cold eternal winter would…
— Laurence Sterne
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This paper was one of my digressions into abstract economics.
— William Vickrey
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Writing for adults and writing for young people is really not that different. As a reporter, I have always tried…
— Serge Schmemann
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Digressions are part of harmony, deviations too.
— Dejan Stojanovic
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