We get forwards in the world not so much by doing services, as receiving them: you take a withering twig, and put it in the ground; and then you water it, because you have planted it.


Paris. - A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768)

Laurence Sterne Quotes

We get forwards in the world not so much by doing services, as receiving them: you take a withering twig, and put it in the ground; and then you...

We get forwards in the world not so much by doing services, as receiving them: you take a withering twig, and put it in the ground; and then you...

We get forwards in the world not so much by doing services, as receiving them: you take a withering twig, and put it in the ground; and then you...

We get forwards in the world not so much by doing services, as receiving them: you take a withering twig, and put it in the ground; and then you...