"Writings may be compared to wine. Sense is the strength, but wit the flavor."

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Source : Laurence Sterne (1805). “The Works of Laurence Sterne, A. M.: A sentimental journey through France and Italy. The Koran: or, The life, character and sentiments of Tria Juncta in Uno. A political romance”, p.341

Laurence Sterne

#Writing Quotes #Wine Quotes #Flavor Quotes

“I was hit by a car once on my bike, but I still rode home.”
“My family history begins with me, but yours ends with you.”
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.”
“I've gotten to where my hair is like my onstage prop; I need to hide behind it and throw it around - it's my slo-mo effect.”
“Life goes by really fast, and it seems that there are times when you're burying a lot of friends and family. And then there are times that feel really precious and everybody is doing okay. This is one of those times.”
“I am interested in politics so that one day I will not have to be interested in politics.”
“Of the four billion life forms which have existed on this planet, three billion, nine hundred and sixty million are now extinct. We don't know why. Some by wanton extinction, some through natural catastrophe, some destroyed by meteorites and asteroids. In the light of these mass extinctions it really does seem unreasonable to suppose that Homo sapiens should be exempt. Our species will have been one of the shortest-lived of all, a mere blink, you may say, in the eye of time.”
“Sport climbing is a lot like sport f*#king. It's a lot of fun and requires no commitment.”

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