"I have a strong propensity in me to……" — Laurence Sterne
"I have a strong propensity in me to begin this chapter very nonsensically, and I will not balk my fancy.--Accordingly I set off thus:"
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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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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you…
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We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour…
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What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.
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The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.
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You should accordingly exercise your mind to remember your friends, relatives, and fellow-workers to determine if they are in need.…
— Watchman Nee
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A saying from the area of Chinese medicine would be appropriate to mention here: "One disease, long life; no disease,…
— Benjamin Hoff
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The most natively interesting object to a man is his own personal self and its fortunes. We accordingly see that…
— William James
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Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly.
— Amby Burfoot
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"Ju" means being natural or in other words the way which is natural and in accords with the truth of…
— Kyuzo Mifune
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Accordingly, France Had Voltaire, and his school of negative thinkers, and England (or rather Scotland) had the profoundest negative thinker…
— John Stuart Mill
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Accordingly, we find Euler and D'Alembert devoting their talent and their patience to the establishment of the laws of rotation…
— James Clerk Maxwell
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An amino acid residue (other than glycine) has no symmetry elements. The general operation of conversion of one residue of…
— Linus Pauling
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