"When the heart flies out before the understanding,……" — Laurence Sterne

"When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains."

— Laurence Sterne

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107 Quotes by Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne has 107 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Chance is the providence of adventurers.
A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart…
So long as a man rides his hobbyhorse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or…
To write a book is for all the world like humming a song.
An English man does not travel to see English men.
Learning is the dictionary, but sense the grammar of science.
'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause,-and of obstinacy in a bad one.
It is the nature of an hypothesis, when once a man has conceived it, that it assimilates every thing to…
First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which…
Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world - though the cant of hypocrites may be the…
I'll not hurt thee, says Uncle Toby, rising with the fly in his hand. Go, he says, opening the window…
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 Flies Quotes

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Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught. — Honore de Balzac
He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it… — William Blake
I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what's so wrong with Peter… — Mark Burnett
Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I… — Mariah Carey
A closed mouth catches no flies. — Miguel de Cervantes
The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine. — Yasser Arafat
Time flies when you are anxious! — Maria Bamford
The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine… — Juvenal
The more we lose, the more he'll fly in. And the more he flies in, the better the chance there'll… — Graig Nettles
In agony or danger, no nature is atheist. The mind that knows not what to fly to, flies to God. — Hannah More
Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it… — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it; not hard enough and… — Tommy Lasorda

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