Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sternewas an Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, and also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting consumption...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 November 1713
CountryIreland
children tears culprit
Great is the power of Eloquence; but never is it so great as when it pleads along with nature, and the culprit is a child strayed from his duty, and returned to it again with tears.
inward influence sincerity
An inward sincerity will of course influence the outward deportment; but where the one is wanting, there is great reason to suspect the absence of the other.
adversity comfort may
The most affluent may be stripped of all, and find his worldly comforts, like so many withered leaves, dropping from him.
now-or-never
Now or never was the time.
austin stories world
The improbability of a malicious story serves but to help forward the currency of it, because it increases the scandal. So that, in such instances, the world is like the pious St. Austin, who said he believed some things because they were absurd and impossible.
order matter france
"They order," said I, "this matter better in France."
forgiveness brave forgiving
The brave only know how to forgive.
sympathy affliction too-late
Before an affliction is digested, consolation ever comes too soon; and after it is digested, it comes too late.
water world receiving
We get forwards in the world not so much by doing services, as receiving them: you take a withering twig, and put it in the ground; and then you water it, because you have planted it.
suffering one-day three
I never drink. I cannot do it, on equal terms with others. It costs them only one day; but me three, the first in sinning, the second in suffering, and the third in repenting.
moon sin affair
I had had an affair with the moon, in which there was neither sin nor shame.
death stress may
Whatever stress some may lay upon it, a death-bed repentance is but a weak and slender plank to trust our all on.
sleep men literature
Men tire themselves in the pursuit of sleep.
patience men ideas
When the precipitancy of a man's wishes hurries on his ideas ninety times faster than the vehicle he rides in--woe be to truth!