"I wish either my father or my mother,……" — Laurence Sterne
"I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me."
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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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True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy.
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No marvel if the worldling escape earthly afflictions. God corrects him not. He is base born and begot. God will…
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Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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But jealous souls will not be answered so, They are not ever jealous for the cause, But jealous for they're…
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Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
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For I am every dead thing In whom love wrought new alchemy For his art did express A quintessence even…
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How loved, how honored once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot A heap of dust alone…
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Lonesome Dove is a great book that had the rare fortune of being made into a great movie. And now,…
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This is a gift that I have, simple, simple; a foolish extravagant spirit full of forms, figures, shapes, objects, ideas,…
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Awake, awake, English nobility! Let not sloth dim your horrors new-begot.
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