Maxioms by Laurence Sterne
Our armies swore terrible in Flanders.
Our armies swore terrible in Flanders.
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
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's read more
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
'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.
