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Laurence Stern Quotes

Laurence Stern quotes

Irish Clergyman, Writer November 24, 1713 – March 18, 1768

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If death, said my father, reasoning with himself, is nothing but the separation of the soul from the body;--and if it is true that people can walk about and do their business without brains,--then certes the soul does not inhabit there. Laurence Stern
Laurence Stern quote: "Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave;..."
Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature. Laurence Stern
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. Laurence Stern
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 Stern
There are a thousand unnoticed openings, continued my father, which let a penetrating eye at once into a man's soul; and I maintain it, added he, that a man of sense does not lay down his hat in coming into a room, -- or take it up in going out of it, but something escapes, which discovers him. Laurence Stern
Laurence Stern quote: "Human nature is the same in all professions."
Human nature is the same in all professions. Laurence Stern
Laurence Stern quote: "In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon..."
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. Laurence Stern
Laurence Stern quote: "Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas."
Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas. Laurence Stern
Laurence Stern quote: "Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything."
Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything. Laurence Stern
Laurence Stern quote: "'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of..."
'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one. Laurence Stern
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 Stern
Laurence Stern quote: "Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other."
Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other. Laurence Stern
Laurence Stern quote: "When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves..."
When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains. Laurence Stern
The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance. Laurence Stern
Laurence Stern quote: "Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not."
Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not. Laurence Stern

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