Laurence Sterne

An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen, it governs me, I govern not it. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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

— Laurence Sterne

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