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Book I, Ch. 6 http://books.google.com/books?id=COoNAAAAQAAJ&q=%22as+we+jogg+on+either+laugh+with+me+or+at+me+or+in+short+do+any+thing+only+keep+your+temper%22&pg=PA19#v=onepage.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)

“A man should know something of his own country too, before he goes abroad.”

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Book VII (1765), Ch. 2.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)

“For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies.”

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Book I, Ch. 12.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)

“The Accusing Spirit which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blush'd as he gave it in; and the Recording Angel as he wrote it down, dropp'd a tear upon the word, and blotted it out forever.”

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Book VI (1761-1762), Ch. 8. Compare: "But sad as angels for the good man’s sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in", Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope, part ii, line 357.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)

“I have got him fast hung up, quoth Didius to himself, upon one of the two horns of my dilemma — let him get off as he can.”

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Book IV (1761-1762), Ch. 26.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)

“Great wits jump.”

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Book III (1761-1762), Ch. 9. Compare: "Great wits jump", John Byrom, The Nimmers; Earl of Buckingham, The Chances, act. iv, scene 1; "Good wits jump", Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, part II, ch. 38.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)

“I am sick as a horse.”

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Book VII, Ch. 11.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)

“In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. ”

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“Our armies swore terribly in Flanders, cried my uncle Toby, — but nothing to this.”

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For my own part, I could not have a heart to curse my dog so.
Book III, Ch. 11.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)

“Go poor Devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee?”

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This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.
Book II, Ch. 12 (Uncle Toby to the fly).
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“A man who laughs will never be dangerous.”

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The Passport, Versailles.
Eredeti: (fr) Un homme qui rit, said the duke, ne sera jamais dangereux.
Forrás: A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768)