48 ordspråk av Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne föddes den November 24th 1713 och dog den 18 March 1768 - Irish-Englis writer
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 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 |
| People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy. |
| Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners. |
| So long as a man rides his Hobby-Horse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him -- pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it? |
| The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it. |
| The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it. |
| The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it. |
| The history of a soldier's wound beguiles the pain of it. |
| 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. |
| There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman's pulse |
| Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current |
| Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current |
| We lose the right of complaining sometimes, by denying something, but this often triples its force. |
| When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain |
| When ever a person talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not their reason, but their passions, which have got the better of their beliefs. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbors; and when they separate, depend on it that it is for the sake of peace and quiet. |
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Proverb (1469545 st) Search
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