319 Quotes by Laurence Sterne

Now don't let us give ourselves a parcel of airs, and pretend that the oaths we make free with in this land of liberty of ours are our own; and because we have the spirit to swear them,—imagine that we have had the wit to invent them too.

Great wits jump

We don't love people so much for the good they have done us, as for the good we have done them

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners

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.

—I won't go about to argue the point with you,—'tis so,—and I am persuaded of it, madam, as much as can be, "That both man and woman bear pain or sorrow, (and, for aught I know, pleasure too) best in a horizontal position.

Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything.

I begin with writing the first sentence—and trusting to Almighty God for the second.