Tobias Smollett Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: March 19, 1721 - September 17, 1771
Birthday: March 19
Death: September 17
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 which he dares not avow.
source: Tobias Smollett (1822). “The History of England: From the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George II. Designed as a Continuation of Hume”, p.184
topic: Animal, Different, Opinion, Animal Spirits
