"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."
― Laurence Sterne
Topic(s):
Patience
More From Laurence Sterne
- "In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself."
- "Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves."
- "So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil."
More In Patience
- "With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem."― Lascelles Abercrombie
- "The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don’t resent them, you are not fit to live."― Bernard de Mandeville
- "There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance."― Cesar Chavez