One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage.
Opposition is the very spur of love. - Tobias Smollett
Opposition is the very spur of love.
- Tobias Smollett
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who acquires superficial knowledge m… - Tobias Smollett
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who acquires superficial knowledge m…
There is not room to swing a cat. - Tobias Smollett
There is not room to swing a cat.
Glory is the child of peril. - Tobias Smollett
Glory is the child of peril.
The capital is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support. - Tobias Smollett
The capital is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support.
Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age. - Tobias Smollett
Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age.
Nature and wisdom are not, but should be, companions. - Tobias Smollett
Nature and wisdom are not, but should be, companions.
To the valiant actions speak alone. - Tobias Smollett
To the valiant actions speak alone.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall. - Tobias Smollett
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
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