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~ Laurence Sterne Quotes ~
« on: February 18, 2015, 08:49:02 PM »
Laurence Sterne Quotes


An Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman.
Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting consumption.

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Now or never was the time.

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Re: ~ Laurence Sterne Quotes ~
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2015, 08:50:22 PM »
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

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Re: ~ Laurence Sterne Quotes ~
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2015, 08:51:02 PM »
This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.

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Re: ~ Laurence Sterne Quotes ~
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2015, 08:52:11 PM »
Pain and pleasure like light and darkness succeed each other.

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Re: ~ Laurence Sterne Quotes ~
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2015, 08:52:59 PM »
A man cannot dress without his ideas get clothed at the same time.

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Re: ~ Laurence Sterne Quotes ~
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2015, 08:53:38 PM »
Philosophy has a fine saying for everything - for Death it has an entire set.

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Re: ~ Laurence Sterne Quotes ~
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2015, 08:54:15 PM »
Only the brave know how to forgive. ... A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

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Re: ~ Laurence Sterne Quotes ~
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2015, 08:54:53 PM »
Every time a man smiles and much more when he laughs it adds something to his fragment of life.

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Re: ~ Laurence Sterne Quotes ~
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2015, 08:55:33 PM »
Writing when properly managed (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.

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Re: ~ Laurence Sterne Quotes ~
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2015, 08:56:12 PM »
Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world tho' the cant of hypocrites may be the worst the cant of criticism is the most tormenting.

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Re: ~ Laurence Sterne Quotes ~
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2015, 08:56:58 PM »
Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world - though the cant of hypocrites ihay be the worst - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting.