Лоренс Стерн цитаты
Лоренс Стерн
Дата рождения: 24. Ноябрь 1713
Дата смерти: 18. Март 1768
Ло́ренс Стерн — английский писатель XVIII века. Широко известны его романы «Жизнь и мнения Тристрама Шенди, джентльмена» и «Сентиментальное путешествие по Франции и Италии». Будучи священником, он также опубликовал многочисленные проповеди, принимал участие в местной политической жизни.
Цитаты Лоренс Стерн
„I begin with writing the first
sentence—and trusting to Almighty
God for the second.“
— Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
„Human nature is the same in all professions.“
— Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
„Shall we for ever make new books, as apothecaries make new mixtures, by pouring only out of one vessel into another?“
— Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
„Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.“
— Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
„I have undertaken, you see, to write not only my life, but my opinions also; hoping and expecting that your knowledge of my character, and of what kind of a mortal I am, by the one, would give you a better relish for the other: As you proceed further with me, the slight acquaintance which is now beginning betwixt us, will grow into familiarity; and that, unless one of us is in fault, will terminate in friendship.“
— Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
„I have a strong propensity in me to begin this chapter very nonsensically, and I will not balk my fancy.--Accordingly I set off thus:“
— Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
