We get forwards in the world not so much by doing services, as receiving them: you take a withering twig, and put it in the ground; and then you water it, because you have planted it.
Death opens the gate of fame, and shuts the gate of envy after it; it unlooses the chain of the captive, and puts the bondsman's task into another ma… - Laurence Sterne
Death opens the gate of fame, and shuts the gate of envy after it; it unlooses the chain of the captive, and puts the bondsman's task into another ma…
- Laurence Sterne
Almost one half of our time is spent in telling and hearing evil of one another ... and every hour brings forth something strange and terrible to fil… - Laurence Sterne
Almost one half of our time is spent in telling and hearing evil of one another ... and every hour brings forth something strange and terrible to fil…
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners. - Laurence Sterne
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.
Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature. - Laurence Sterne
Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
The sad vicissitude of things. - Laurence Sterne
The sad vicissitude of things.
It is not in the power of every one to taste humor, however he may wish it; it is the gift of God! and a true feeler always brings half the entertain… - Laurence Sterne
It is not in the power of every one to taste humor, however he may wish it; it is the gift of God! and a true feeler always brings half the entertain…
There is no such thing as real happiness in life. The justest definition that was ever given of it was "a tranquil acquiescence under an agreeable de… - Laurence Sterne
There is no such thing as real happiness in life. The justest definition that was ever given of it was "a tranquil acquiescence under an agreeable de…
Every thing in this world, said my father, is big with jest,--and has wit in it, and instruction too,--if we can but find it out. - Laurence Sterne
Every thing in this world, said my father, is big with jest,--and has wit in it, and instruction too,--if we can but find it out.
Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine, the life, the soul of reading! Take them out and one cold eternal winter would reign in every page. Res… - Laurence Sterne
Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine, the life, the soul of reading! Take them out and one cold eternal winter would reign in every page. Res…
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