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• To a close-shorn sheep God gives wind by measure.
  -- George Herbert (1593-1633) -- Jacula Prudentum...
• The sad vicissitude of things. -- Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) -- Sermon xvi
• Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
  -- Laurence Sterne...
• Great wits jump. -- Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) -- Tristram Shandy, Vol. iii, Chap. ix
• I am sick as a horse. -- Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) -- Tristram Shandy, Vol. vii, Chap. xi
• There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages. -- Laurence Sterne
• They order," said I, "this matter better in France.
  -- Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) -- Sentimental Journey, Page 1...
• Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything.
  -- Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) -- Sermon xxvii...