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Tobias Smollett
10 quotes
“Facts are stubborn things.”
Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) first seen 1747 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Book X, ch. 1. Earlier written by Elliot, Essay on Field Husbandry, p. 35 (1747). Translated by Tobias George Smollett, Translation of Gil Blas, Book x, Chapter 1.
Also quoted by: Alain-René Lesage, Anthony Wayne (attributed), Nicholas Boileau-despreaux
“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.”
Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) said by 1771 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) said by 1771 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age.”
Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) first seen 1771 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771).
“Thy fatal shafts unerring move, I bow before thine altar, Love!”
Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) said by 1771 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Adventures of Roderick Random (1848), Chapter xl, reported in Bartlett's Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“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.”
Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) said by 1771 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 (1721–1771) said by 1771 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 (1721–1771) said by 1771 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“True courage scorns To vent her prowess in a storm of words; And, to the valiant, actions speak alone.”
Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) said by 1771 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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!”
Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) said by 1771 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source