Tobias Smollett quotes

Tobias Smollett was a Scottish novelist, poet, and physician, renowned for his picaresque novels. His works, such as "The Adventures of Roderick Random" and "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker," made significant contributions to 18th-century literature. He is remembered as a pioneer of the modern novel and a master storyteller. Here are 13 of his quotes:

True courage scorns
To vent her prowess in a storm of words;
And, to the valiant, actions speak alone. (Tobias Smollett)

Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age.

Tobias Smollett

Thy spirit, Independence, let me share, Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye. Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.

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Thy fatal shafts unerring move, I bow before thine altar, Love!

Tobias Smollett

Those sculptur'd halls my feet shall never tread, Where varnish'd vice and vanity combin'd, To dazzle and seduce, their banners spread, And forge vile shackles for the free-born mind.

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To send the injur'd unredress'd away, How great soe'er th' offender, or the wrong'd Howe'er obscure, is wicked-weak and vile: Degrades, denies, and should dethrone a king!

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Keen are the pangs Of hapless love, and passion unapprov'd: But where consenting wishes meet, and vows Reciprocally breath'd, confirm the tie, Joy rolls on joy, an inexhausted stream! And virtue crowns the sacred scene.

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Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

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Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.

Tobias Smollett

Facts are stubborn things.

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To-day, in snow array'd, stern winter rules
The ravag'd plain-Anon the teeming earth
Unlocks her stores, and spring adorns the year:
And shall not we-while fate, like winter, frowns,
Expect revolving bliss? (Tobias Smollett)

To exult Ev'n o'er an enemy oppress'd, and heap Affliction on the afflicted, is the mark And the mean triumph of a dastard soul.

Tobias Smollett

As Love can exquisitely bless, Love only feels the marvellous of pain; Opens new veins of torture in the soul, And wakes the nerve where agonies are born.

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Occupation: Scottish Poet
Born: March 19, 1721
Died: September 17, 1771
Quotes count: 13
Wikipedia: Tobias Smollett

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