Author: Laurence Sterne

Quotes

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

- Laurence Sterne

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

- 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

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

- 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

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

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

- 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

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

- Laurence Sterne

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

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