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Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.
Laurence Sterne
Every time a man smiles, and much more when he laughs, it adds something to his fragment of life.
Laurence Sterne
I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.
Laurence Sterne
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
Laurence Sterne
Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
Laurence Sterne
Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting.
Laurence Sterne
Only the brave know how to forgive. A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
Laurence Sterne
Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.
Laurence Sterne
People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.
Laurence Sterne
Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.
Laurence Sterne
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.
Laurence Sterne
So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.
Laurence Sterne
The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.
Laurence Sterne
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