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41 quotes by Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Anglo-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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Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

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Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

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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.

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'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.

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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.

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

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

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I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life.

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

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Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.

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I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

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Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.

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God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

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