Quotes from Laurence Sterne

Endless is the search of truth.

biz varsak, ölüm yok;-ölüm varsa-biz yokuz.

EÄŸer dünya bir TÜZEL K??? gibi dava edilebilseydi,-babam onu mahkemeye verip icab?na bakard?.

We lose the right of complaining sometimes by forbearing it

The desire of life and health is implanted in man's nature;- the love of liberty and enlargement is a sister-passion to it

Ni las artes del médico ni las del filósofo habrían sido jamás capaces de enderezar del todo semejante entuerto.

sucios subterfugios maquinados en la mezquindad para anular el verdadero espíritu de todas las leyes

Si alguien duda de su veracidad, o piensa que no es posible que un hombre se engañe a sí mismo de este modo,—debo aconsejarle que por un momento se remita a sus propias reflexiones; y entonces podré aventurarme a poner por testigo de mis aseveraciones a su propio corazón'.

Je weniger wirkliches Wissen, desto mehr Hitze und Aufregung.

I live in a constant endeavour to fence against the infirmities of ill health, and other evils of life, by mirth; being firmly persuaded that every time a man smiles,—but much more so, when he laughs, it adds something to this Fragment of Life.

No sé, dijo mi padre respondiendo con cierta morosidad a fin de que su comentario sonara completamente desapasionado,—no sé, dijo, qué otra cosa nos queda para cedérsela en lugar del derecho a decidir quién habrá de traer nuestros hijos al mundo,——a excepción del derecho a decidir—quién habrá de engendrarlos.—

condenada suerte, se dijo mordiéndose el labio inferior mientras cerraba la puerta tras de, sí,——la de un hombre que ha ideado una de las mejores cadenas de razonamiento del mundo—y tiene al mismo tiempo una mujer con una cabeza tan dura que es imposible hacer entrar en ella una sola inferencia, aunque la salvación o destrucción de su propia alma esté en juego!

Mi padre comenzaba apoyándose en la fuerza de los dos axiomas siguientes: Primero: que, para un hombre, una onza de su propia inteligencia valía por una tonelada de la de cualquier otra persona; y Segundo (el cual, por cierto, era el fundamento del primer axioma—aunque viniera después): que la inteligencia de todo hombre debía necesariamente provenir de su propia alma—y jamás de la de ninguna otra persona.

The motto from Epictetus means, It is not things themselves, but opinions concerning things, which disturb men.

Every man speak of the fair as his own market has gone in it.

What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life by him who interests his heart in every thing, and who, having eyes to see, what time and chance are perpetually holding out to him as he journeyeth on his way, misses nothing he can fairly lay his hands on.—

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine;——they are the life, the soul of reading;—take them out of this book, for instance,—you might as well take the book along with them;—one cold eternal winter would reign in every page of it; restore them to the writer,——he steps forth like a bridegroom,—bids All hail, brings in variety, and forbids the appetite to fail.

Certainly it was ordained as a scourge upon the pride of human wisdom, that the wisest of us all, should thus outwit ourselves, and eternally forego our purposes in the intemperate act of pursuing them.

O how I envied him his feelings!

Heat is in proportion to the want of true knowledge.

The sad vicissitude of things.

I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.