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The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristan Shandy ... [etc.] ; with a Life of the Author Written by Himself

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The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristan Shandy ... [etc.] ; with a Life of the Author Written by Himself Quotes

“Simplicity is the great friend to nature, and if I would be proud of anything in this silly world, it should be of this honest alliance.”

“We are born to trouble; and we may depend upon it, whilst we live in this world, we shall have it, though with intermissions.”

“Every thing in this world, said my father, is big with jest,--and has wit in it, and instruction too,--if we can but find it out.”

“To write a book is for all the world like humming a song—be but in tune with yourself, madam, 'tis no matter how high or how low you take it.”