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Laurence Sterne

"Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current."

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"Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current."

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"I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it."
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"Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other."
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"Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation."
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"I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life."
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