More quotes by Tobias Smollett
True courage scorns
To vent her prowess in a storm of words;
And, to the valiant, actions speak alone.
Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age.
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.
Every shot has its commission, d'ye see? We must all die at one time, as the saying is.
And hearts resolved and hands prepared
The blessings they enjoy to guard.
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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