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“The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.”

Laurence Sterne · Knowledge

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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.

Happiness

Laurence Sterne

Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.

Religion

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I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.

Loneliness

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I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Life