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Laurence Sterne Quotes

One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.
Laurence Sterne

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Type:
Novelist Quotes
Category:
Irish Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
November 24, 1713
Date of Death:
March 18, 1768
Nationality:
Irish
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