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Quotes from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman — Laurence Sterne

1713–1768 Ireland

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So long as a man rides his hobbyhorse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him — pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it?

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760)

Shall we be destined to the days of eternity, on holy-days, as well as working-days, to be showing the relics of learning, as monks do the relics of their saints — without working one — one single miracle with them?

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760)

Ho! 'tis the time of salads.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Laurence Sterne (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.