Author

Laurence Sterne

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“I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.”— Laurence Sterne
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“Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.”— Laurence Sterne
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“So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.”— Laurence Sterne
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“Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.”— Laurence Sterne
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“People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy.”— Laurence Sterne
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“People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.”— Laurence Sterne
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“The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.”— Laurence Sterne
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“I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.”— Laurence Sterne
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“Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.”— Laurence Sterne
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“Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave it is not in his nature.”— Laurence Sterne
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“Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.”— Laurence Sterne
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“Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.”— Laurence Sterne
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“Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.”— Laurence Sterne
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“In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.”— Laurence Sterne
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“An English man does not travel to see English men.”— Laurence Sterne
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“Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.”— Laurence Sterne