Alter | 54 Jahre (verstorben) |
Beruf | Autobiograf, Romancier, Schriftsteller |
Geburtsdatum | Freitag, 24. November 1713 |
Geburtsort | Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Todesdatum | Freitag, 18. März 1768 |
Todesort | London |
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Beschreibung | Laurence Sterne [stɜːɹn] war ein englisch-irischer Schriftsteller in der Zeit der Aufklärung und Vicar (Pfarrer) der Anglikanischen Kirche. |
People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.
Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.
I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.
People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy.
Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.
The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.
