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.
Laurence SterneMost of us are aware of and pretend to detest the barefaced instances of that hypocrisy by which men deceive others, but few of us are upon our guard or see that more fatal hypocrisy by which we deceive and over-reach our own hearts.
Laurence SterneTo write a book is for all the world like humming a songโbe but in tune with yourself, madam, 'tis no matter how high or how low you take it.
Laurence SterneFor I begin with writing the first sentence, โ and trusting to Almighty God for the second.
Laurence SterneUpon the present theological computation, ten souls must be lost for one that is saved. At which rate of reckoning, heaven can raise but its cohorts while hell commands its legions. From which sad account it would appear, that, though our Saviour had conquered death by the resurrection, he had not yet been able to overcome sin by the redemption.
Laurence Sterne