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Quotation from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

“This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.”

Laurence Sterne (spoken by Uncle Toby)

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Vol. II, Ch. 12 (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of Laurence Sterne

Toby, having caught a fly that tormented him all dinner, lets it out of the window rather than hurt it.

Citation: "This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me." — Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Vol. II, Ch. 12 (Project Gutenberg text). (id sterne-tristram-shandy-q5)

Portrait: Laurence Sterne by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Joshua Reynolds, Public domain.

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