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> [The bread I eat in London, is a deleterious paste, mixed up with chalk, alum, and bone ashes: insipid to the taste, and destructive to the constitution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/the-bread-i-eat-in-london-is-a-deleterious-paste-mixed-up-with-chalk/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

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## More by Tobias Smollett

> [The bread I eat in London, is a deleterious paste, mixed up with chalk, alum, and bone ashes: insipid to the taste, and destructive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/the-bread-i-eat-in-london-is-a-deleterious-paste-mixed-up-with-chalk/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

> [One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/one-wit-like-a-knuckle-of-ham-in-soup-gives-a-zest-and-flavour-to-the/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

> [Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/some-folks-are-wise-and-some-are-otherwise/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

> [To the valiant actions speak alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/to-the-valiant-actions-speak-alone/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

> [Opposition is the very spur of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/opposition-is-the-very-spur-of-love/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

> [Ridiculous modes, invented by ignorance, and adopted by folly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/ridiculous-modes-invented-by-ignorance-and-adopted-by-folly/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/thy-spirit-independence-let-me-share-lord-of-the-lion-heart-and-eagle/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

> [There is not room to swing a cat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/there-is-not-room-to-swing-a-cat/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

> [True courage scorns to vent her prowess in a storm of words; and to the valiant action speaks alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/true-courage-scorns-to-vent-her-prowess-in-a-storm-of-words-and-to/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

> [A man's opinion of danger varies at different times, in consequence of an irregular tide of animal spirits; and he is actuated by considerations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/a-man-s-opinion-of-danger-varies-at-different-times-in-consequence-of/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

> [“What passes for wine among us, is not the juice of the grape. It is an adulterous mixture, brewed up of nauseous ingredients, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/what-passes-for-wine-among-us-is-not-the-juice-of-the-grape-it-is-an/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

> [The Highlanders regale themselves with whisky. They find it an excellent preservation against the winter cold. It is given with great success to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/the-highlanders-regale-themselves-with-whisky-they-find-it-an/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

> [False as the fowler's artful snare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/false-as-the-fowler-s-artful-snare/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

> [“Woe be to that nation, where the multitude is at liberty to follow their own inclinations!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/woe-be-to-that-nation-where-the-multitude-is-at-liberty-to-follow/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

> [Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-smollett/writing-is-all-a-lottery-i-have-been-a-loser-by-the-works-of-the/)

[Tobias Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-smollett/)

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