“We must bring three parts in four of the treat along with us — In short we must be happy within — and then few things without us make much difference — This is my Shandean philosophy.”— Laurence Sterne, Letter, York, November 16, 1764Share
“As we jogg on, either laugh with me, or at me, or in short do any thing—only keep your temper.”— Laurence SterneShare
“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”— ConfuciusShare
“Knowledge, that tendeth but to satisfaction, is but as a courtesan, which is for pleasure, and not for fruit or generation.”— Francis BaconShare
“The consciousness of life is higher than life, the knowledge of the laws of happiness is higher than happiness.”— Fyodor DostoevskyShare
“Knowledge is not happiness, and science but an exchange of ignorance for that which is another kind of ignorance.”— Lord ByronShare
“Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer provide bad examples.”— François de La RochefoucauldShare
“Ah, Moon of my Delight who know'st no wane, The Moon of Heav'n is rising once again: How oft hereafter rising shall she look Through this same Garden after me — in vain!”— Omar KhayyamShare
