“Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.”

— Laurence Sterne, book The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Source: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

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Irish/English writer 1713–1768

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