Maxioms by Laurence Sterne
Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.
Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.
'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause -- and of obstinacy in a bad one.
'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause -- and of obstinacy in a bad one.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.
There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.
There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.
