"The history of a soldier's wound beguiles the…" — Laurence Sterne
"The history of a soldier's wound beguiles the pain of it."
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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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All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
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Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.
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It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.
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One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.
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To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.
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If some good evidence for life after death were announced, I'd be eager to examine it; but it would have…
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Anecdote: It is by no means self-evident that human beings are most real when most violently excited; violent physical passions…
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Anecdote: Greatness Means Leading the Way. No stream is large and copious of itself, but becomes great by receiving and…
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People meeting for the first time suddenly relax if they find they both have cats. And plunge into anecdote.
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History, if viewed as a repository for more than anecdote or chronology, could produce a decisive transformation in the image…
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Statements about climate trends must be based on, er, trends. Not individual events or occurrences. Weather is not climate, and…
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