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Laurence Sterne Quotes

«In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.»
Author: Laurence Sterne (Writer) | Keywords: gains, lean
«Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.»
Author: Laurence Sterne (Writer) | Keywords: guides, morals
«A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.»
Author: Laurence Sterne (Writer) | About: Adventure | Keywords: adventures, grasped, span, volume
«I write the first sentence and trust in God for the next»
Author: Laurence Sterne (Writer) | About: Trust
«I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life»
Author: Laurence Sterne (Writer) | About: Smile | Keywords: adds, fragment, persuaded
«You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself, he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.»
«Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation»
Author: Laurence Sterne (Writer) | About: Conversation, Writing | Keywords: IS IS, managed, properly
«For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies»
Author: Laurence Sterne (Writer) | About: Enemies, Jokes | Keywords: Hast, jokes
«The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.»
«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»

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