Famous Quotes | But mark, madam, we live amongst...

But mark, madam, we live amongst riddles and mysteries—the most obvious things, which come in our way, have dark sides, which the quickest sight cannot penetrate into; and even the clearest and most exalted understandings amongst us find ourselves puzzled and at a loss in almost every cranny of nature’s works. - Laurence Sterne
Attribution: Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), British author, clergyman. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1761), vol. 4, ch. 17, eds. Melvyn New and Joan New, University of Florida Press (1978).

Categories: Author, Clergyman, Knowledge, Mystery, Skepticism

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