Quotes by Sterne, Laurence

We lose the right of complaining sometimes, by denying something, but >>

Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas. >>

People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoar >>

Quotations about Jokes and Jokers

I remain just one thing, and one thing only -- and that is a clown. It >>

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were g >>

'Tis no extravagant arithmetic to say, that for every ten jokes, thou >>

All womankind, from the highest to the lowest love jokes; the difficulty is to know how they choose to have them cut; and there is no knowing that, but by trying, as we do with our artillery in the field, by raising or letting down their breeches, till we hit the mark.

Sterne, Laurence