Author: Laurence Sterne

Quotes

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

- Laurence Sterne

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

- Laurence Sterne

I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life.

I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life.

- Laurence Sterne

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

- Laurence Sterne

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.

- Laurence Sterne

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

- Laurence Sterne

Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.

Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.

- Laurence Sterne

Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

- Laurence Sterne

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

- Laurence Sterne

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