Laurence Sterne Quotes about Evil

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Almost one half of our time is spent in telling and hearing evil of one another ... and every hour brings forth something strange and terrible to fill up our discourse and our astonishment.

Almost one half of our time is spent in telling and hearing evil of one another ... and every hour brings forth something strange and terrible to fill up our discourse and our astonishment.

Laurence Sterne

Evil, Hearing, Half

Laurence Sterne (1853). “Works ...”, p.588

I live in a constant endeavor 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 when he laughs, it adds some thing to his fragment of life.

Laurence Sterne

Men, Ill Health, Evil

The insolence of base minds in success is boundless; and would scarce admit of a comparison, did not they themselves furnish us with one in the degrees of their abjection when evil returns upon them.

Laurence Sterne

Success, Failure, Evil

Laurence Sterne (1872). “The Complete Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author”, p.301

Laurence Sterne Quotes about Evil

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