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Laurence Sterne Quotes

«God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb»
«When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain»
Author: Laurence Sterne (Writer) | About: Men | Keywords: bargain, discontented, frame of mind
«'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one»
Author: Laurence Sterne (Writer) | Keywords: obstinacy
«Men tire themselves in the pursuit of sleep»
«Our passion and principals are constantly in a frenzy, but begin to shift and waver, as we return to reason.»
Author: Laurence Sterne (Writer) | Keywords: frenzy, waver
«All womankind, from the highest to the lowest love jokes; the difficulty is to know how they choose to have them cut; and there is no knowing that, but by trying, as we do with our artillery in the field, by raising or letting down their breeches, till we hit the mark.»
«The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.»
«I should have no objection to this method, but that I think it must smell too strong of the lamp.»
«I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.»
«An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.»

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