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Letter "L" » Laurence Sterne Quotes
«In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.»
«Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.»
«A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.»
«I write the first sentence and trust in God for the next»
«I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life»
«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»
«The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.»
Author: Laurence Sterne
(Writer)
| About:
Desire,
Knowledge
| Keywords:
acquisition, thirst for knowledge
«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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