45 Quotes by Tobias Smollett

Ridiculous modes, invented by ignorance, and adopted by folly.

Nature and wisdom are not, but should be, companions.

The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)

Deep in the frozen regions of the north, A goddess violated brought thee forth, Immortal Liberty!

A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.

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

Every shot has its commission, d'ye see? We must all die at one time, as the saying is.

Of this diversion the Scots are so fond, that, when the weather will permit, you may see a multitude of all ranks, from the senator of justice to the lowest tradesman, mingled together, in their shirts, and following the balls with utmost eagerness.

On Leven's banks, while free to rove, And tune the rural pipe to love, I envied not the happiest swain That ever trod the Arcadian plain. Pure stream! in whose transparent wave My youthful limbs I wont to lave; No torrents stain thy limpid source, No rocks impede thy dimpling course, That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, With white, round, polish'd pebbles spread.