Maxioms by Laurence Sterne
Our armies swore terrible in Flanders.
Our armies swore terrible in Flanders.
Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.
Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to read more
Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood
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.
