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Laurence Sterne on Valentine's Day

1713–1768 Ireland

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Beauty, like truth, never is so glorious as when it goes the plainest.

Sermon XXIV: Pride (1766)

That grave people hate love for the name’s sake;—
That selfish people hate it for their own;—
Hypocrites for heaven’s;—

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768)

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